Meaning of LEX
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lex\ (l[e^]ks), n.; pl. {Leges} (l[=e]"j[=e]z). [L. See
{Legal}.]
Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terr[ae],
the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court;
lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or
custom of merchants.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | 1. A lexical analyser generator for Unix and its input language. There is a GNU version called flex and a version written in, and outputting, SML/NJ called ML-lex. A version, by David Poole at Montana has been retargeted to Turbo Pascal, . ["Lex - A Lexical Analyzer Generator", M.E. Lesk, CS TR 39, Bell Labs, Oct 1975]. 2. The lexical specification language for COPS. ["Metalanguages of the Compiler Production System COPS", J. Borowiec, in GI Fachgesprach "Compiler-Compiler", ed W. Henhapl, Tech Hochs Darmstadt 1978, pp.122-159]. |
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| | Related Terms: | | act, bill, bylaw, canon, decree, dictate, dictation, edict, enactment, form, formality, formula, formulary, institution, jus, law, legislation, measure, ordinance, ordonnance, prescript, prescription, regulation, rubric, rule, ruling, standing order, statute |
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