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Explain what is meant by the term regular language. Include both descriptions given in the specification.

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Regular languages

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Explain what is meant by the term regular language. Include both descriptions given in the specification.

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  • A regular language is a language that can be represented by a regular expression.
  • It is also any language that a finite state machine will accept.

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A complete answer must include both the regular-expression description and the finite-state-machine description. Either description identifies the language as regular within this specification.

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