A parser is a program that enables the translation of source code, which is the original form of program instruction, into object code, or language that the computer is able to understand. As such, parsing is part of the compilation process. The...

1 Description of the syntactic structure of sentences using elementary units such as morphemes, words, phrases and their mutual interrelationships. The goals and methods of parsing are dependent on the grammatical theory in question. Thus the point of...

A grammatical formalism in generative grammar from the family of unification grammars. PATR was created and first used by Shieber as a computer language for the development of unification grammar. Context-free phrase structures and feature structures...

// 1. vt. To assign a grammatical structure to (a string of words). Parsing may be a classroom exercise, but nowadays it is more usually carried out by computer programs called parsers. 2. vi. To be assigned a grammatical structure, especially...

In computer science and linguistics, parsing (more formally: syntactic analysis) is the process of analyzing a sequence of tokens to determine its grammatical structure with respect to a given formal grammar. A parser is the component of a compiler that...

“You know, it’s a new wrinkle. I never thought I’d make a killing on some guy’s ‘integrity.’” Thus spake Sidney Falco, the slimy antihero of the classic mid-century study in seedy noir ambition, Sweet Smell of Success. But it’s also an apt motto for the...

Xerox Corp. says its new search engine based on semantics will analyze the meaning behind questions and documents to help researchers find information more quickly.FactSpotter promises to help by returning a specific portion of a search document that is relevant to the query.Developing the search...

Microsoft Corp. will test a free, advertising-supported version of Works, an already inexpensive package of word processing, spreadsheet and other programs, but would not say whether it is exploring a similar Web-based suite.The company said Wednesday that a limited number of computer makers will pre-install...

Microsoft Corp. slashed $50 from the price of its Zune digital media player Wednesday, just before Apple Inc. announced an iPhone price cut and additions to its market-leading iPod line.The 30-gigabyte Zune now costs $199, the Redmond, Wash.-based software maker said on its Zune Insider...