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PARSER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parser mean?
• PARSER (noun)
The noun PARSER has 1 sense:
1. a computer program that divides code up into functional components
Familiarity information: PARSER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A computer program that divides code up into functional components
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code
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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