parsing

noun

(uncountable) The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program).

(countable) An instance of that act or process; a parse.

(countable) Any result of such an instance; a parse; an acceptation.

Roots

partiripart- · Latin · to divide, share out

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