parsing
nounUK /ˈpɑː.zɪŋ/ · US /ˈpɑɹ.sɪŋ/
1
The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program).
- Parsing an Old English text can be difficult.
2
An instance of that act or process; a parse.
- A parsing of a sentence about a horse can yield several possible results.
3
Any result of such an instance; a parse; an acceptation.
- Upon review, for the word horse, the parsing "animal" was rejected in favor of the parsing "piece of gymnastic equipment".
- Derived terms
- geoparsing, parsing tree