PARSER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A computer program that divides code up into functional components

Example:

compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("parser" is a kind of...):

computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)

Holonyms ("parser" is a part of...):

compiler; compiling program ((computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program)

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