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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 componentsplay

  Familiarity information: PARSER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARSER (noun)


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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