noun
- computer programs or components that analyze text or code to identify its grammatical structure or meaning
Usage: computing; programming
Examples
- The compiler uses parsers to break down the source code into tokens.
- XML parsers help applications read and process XML documents.
- Natural language parsers can identify parts of speech in sentences.
- The web browser’s HTML parser interprets the markup to display pages.
- Syntax parsers check for errors in programming code.
- JSON parsers convert text data into usable objects for applications.