Context-sensitive
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Context-sensitive is an adjective meaning "depending on context" or "depending on circumstances". It may refer to:
- Context-sensitive grammarContext-sensitive grammarA context-sensitive grammar is a formal grammar in which the left-hand sides and right-hand sides of any production rules may be surrounded by a context of terminal and nonterminal symbols...
- Context-sensitive languageContext-sensitive languageIn theoretical computer science, a context-sensitive language is a formal language that can be defined by a context-sensitive grammar. That is one of the four types of grammars in the Chomsky hierarchy...
- Context-sensitive helpContext-sensitive helpContext-sensitive help is a kind of online help that is obtained from a specific point in the state of the software, providing help for the situation that is associated with that state....
- Context sensitive user interfaceContext sensitive user interfaceA context sensitive user interface is one which can automatically choose from a multiplicity of options based on the current or previous state of the program operation.Context sensitivity is almost ubiquitous in current graphical user interfaces, and should, when operating correctly, be practically...
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