redundant+expression

  • 1Regular expression — In computing, a regular expression provides a concise and flexible means for matching (specifying and recognizing) strings of text, such as particular characters, words, or patterns of characters. Abbreviations for regular expression include… …

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  • 2Parsing expression grammar — A parsing expression grammar, or PEG, is a type of analytic formal grammar that describes a formal language in terms of a set of rules for recognizing strings in the language. A parsing expression grammar essentially represents a recursive… …

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  • 3Partial redundancy elimination — In compiler theory, Partial redundancy elimination (PRE) is a compiler optimization that eliminates expressions that are redundant on some but not necessarily all paths through a program. PRE is a form of common subexpression elimination (CSE).An …

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  • 4bare-naked — bare na·ked (bârʹnāʹkĭd, nĕkʹĭd) adv. & adj. Chiefly Northern U.S. With no clothes on.   Regional Note: The chiefly Northern U.S. expression bare naked illustrates the linguistic process of redundancy, not always acceptable in Standard English… …

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  • 5La Brea Tar Pits — (or Rancho La Brea Tar Pits) are a famous cluster of tar pits located in Hancock Park in the urban heart of Los Angeles, California, United States. Asphalt (colloquially termed tar, which in Spanish is termed brea , see below) has seeped up from… …

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  • 6climate change — Introduction  periodic modification of Earth s climate brought about as a result of changes in the atmosphere as well as interactions between the atmosphere and various other geologic, chemical, biological, and geographic factors within the Earth …

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  • 7and etc — This is a redundant expression from which and should be dropped. Etc. is an abbreviation of the Latin et cetera and means and so forth. It looks out of place in formal writing. Furthermore, it cannot be pronounced in speech without sounding… …

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  • 8end, ending, ended — Both end and ending refer to a termination or close of something, a conclusion, the final part of an action or happening. Thus one may refer to the end or the ending of a war, a book, a play, or a love affair. End, however, is more often applied… …

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  • 9pleonasm — n. Redundancy, diffuseness, tautology, redundant expression …

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  • 10fair and legal — A redundant expression, since the word fair can add no force to the word legal. Wood v Strother, 76 Cal 545 …

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