Syntax errors
What Syntax errors means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Errors where the code breaks the rules of the language, so the program will not run, such as a missing closing bracket or a misspelled keyword.
Errors that break language rules and are found by translators.
Topics that use Syntax errors
- Testing (OCR GCSE)
- Develop code (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Debugging
- Final or terminal testing
- Indentation
- Iterative and terminal testing
- Iterative testing
- Logic error
- Logic errors
- Refining an algorithm
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