Nonterminal Symbol

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A nonterminal symbol acts as a placeholder for other symbols that describe the language. The language specification must contain a production rule that defines what a nonterminal symbol represents. A nonterminal symbol appears in normal (nonboldface) type. Examples of nonterminal symbols are: term, Query.