The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
LL
A class of language grammars, which can
be parsed without backtracking. The first L stands for
Left-to-right scan, the second for Leftmost derivation.
Often found in the form LL(k) where k is the number of
tokens of look-ahead required when parsing a sentence of
the language. In particular, LL(1) is a fairly restrictive
class of grammar, but allows simple top-down parsing
(e.g. recursive-descent) to be used without wasteful
backtracking. A number of programming languages are LL(1)
(or close).
(1995-10-30)