Language - Terminal (Symbol|Token)

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A symbol or token is called terminal when it appears in the resulting formal language.

Terminal Symbol are the characters of the alphabet that appear in the strings generated by the grammar.

In context-free grammars, terminal symbols never appear on the left hand side of a production rule

If a token is terminal, it's therefore not a nonterminal token

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