Terminal value (computer science)

: For other meanings of the term terminal value, see the Terminal value disambiguation page.

In computer science, a terminal value is a string or character representing the end. eg, a terminal value is introduced when one hits the enter key in order to start a new paragraph.

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In Computer Science, a terminal value also refers to a symbol of a grammar definition from Bakus-Naur Form. A terminal value in Bakus-Naur form is the name of a symbol that never appears on the left-hand side of the grammar list. For example: ::= | ::= hello | goodbye ::= Dave | James

Here the symbols hello , goodbye , Dave and James are the terminal symbols, i.e. The bottom level of the grammar, what you actually see.