parsers

noun

UK /ˈpɑː.səz/

US /ˈpɑːr.sɚz/

Parsers are computer programs that read words or code and figure out what they mean.

The software uses parsers to understand the code you type.

SYNONYMS

analyzers interpreters readers decoders processors

RELATED WORDS

compiler syntax grammar tokenizer programming

OTHER MEANINGS

2. People or things that examine something carefully to understand it.

The parsers of the old documents found many hidden details.

3. Tools in language study that break sentences into their grammatical parts.

Students used parsers to label each word in the sentence.

4. In computing, programs that convert data from one format into another.

The data parsers turned the raw text into a neat table.