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Parser - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Parser : (noun) 1: a computer program that divides code up into functional
components; "compilers must parse source code in order to
translate it into object code"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Parser : \Pars"er\, n.
One who parses.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Parser :
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.
(1997-07-21)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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