Parse

/pɑrs/ verb

Definition

to analyze a sentence or string of characters into its component parts and describe their syntactic roles

Etymology

from Latin pars 'part', originally meaning 'to describe a word by stating its part of speech'

Kelly Says

Originally used by Latin teachers to make students identify parts of speech, 'parse' jumped into computer science where it's essential for making sense of code!

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