word
Syntax Highlighting
SIN-taks HY-lyt-ing
/ˈsɪntæks ˈhaɪlaɪtɪŋ/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
syntaxhighlighting
Dictionary meaning
Visual display of source code where different elements appear in distinct colors — keywords, strings, comments, and variables each get a color; makes code easier to read and errors easier to spot; modern code editors (VSCode, Sublime Text) do this automatically; the feature is so fundamental that coding without it feels primitive
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