Associations to the word «Parser»

Wiktionary

PARSER, noun. One who parses.
PARSER, noun. (computing) A computer program that parses.

Dictionary definition

PARSER, noun. A computer program that divides code up into functional components; "compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats