What does it mean SYNTACTIC SUGAR?

„Syntactic Sugar“ is a term that describes the extension of programming language syntax, which affect the possibilities of language, but make its use more pleasant, "sweeter" for users. Likewise, our company offers standard services, but always seeks to make these services to our customers more comfortable. More information can be found in Wikipedia.

Simple example for programmers:

In the C language write access to the field using the expression:

but also through:

The second method is obviously more comfortable reading and can be regarded as syntactic sugar.