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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
lexer
lexical analyser
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
lexer /lek'sr/ n. Common hacker shorthand for `lexical analyzer', the
input-tokenizing stage in the parser for a language (the part that
breaks it into word-like pieces). "Some C lexers get confused by the
old-style compound ops like `=-'."
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lexer
n.
(lb en computing) A computer program that performs lexical analysis.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
lexer
n.
(lb en computing) A computer program that performs lexical analysis.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
lexer
n.
(lb en computing) A computer program that performs lexical analysis.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
lexer
n.
(lb en computing) A computer program that performs lexical analysis.