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BNF en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Backus-Naur form.
   alt of Backus-Naur form
   • Could we write BNF for this instead of trying to describe it in text?
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete, uncountable) Initialism of Backus normal form.
   alt of Backus normal form

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ABNF

BNF en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang) Initialism of Big Name Fan, a famous member of fandom; a celebrity fan.
   alt of Big Name Fan
   • COMING NEXT ISH: A department devoted to the BNF of tomorrow. 'Twill be the neofan of today who is the Tucker or Laney of tomorrow. So QUANDRY, the BNZ of tomorrow, will bring you biografies^([sic]) of lesser known fen. 1950 October, Lee Hoffman, “Chaos”, in Quandry, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2011, page 5:

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BNFdom