Pronunciation: | | p'ârsur
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] a computer program that divides code up into functional components; "compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code" |
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| See Also: | | compiler, compiling program, computer program, computer programme, program, programme |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Pars"er\, n.
One who parses.
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Computing Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | An algorithm or program to determine the syntactic structure of a sentence or string of symbols in some language. A parser normally takes as input a sequence of tokens output by a lexical analyser. It may produce some kind of abstract syntax tree as output. One of the best known parser generators is yacc. |
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