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<p>rather than by attaching mathematical meanings to its terms (<a href="page.php?w=denotational_semantics">denotational semantics</a>). Operational semantics are classified in two categories: <b>structural operational semantics</b> (or <b>small-step semantics</b>) formally describe how the individual steps of a <a href="page.php?w=computation">computation</a> take place in a computer-based system; by opposition <b>natural semantics</b> (or <b>big-step semantics</b>) describe how the overall results of the executions are obtained. Other approaches</p><p>
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