parser

British

/ ˈpɑːzə /

noun

computing a program or part of a program that interprets input to a computer by recognizing key words or analysing sentence structure

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“Except in the Solomon Epstein one we did, that was totally the fault of the voice parser,” says Franck, I think, though I’ve started to lose track as they’re talking over each other.

From The Verge

Its natural language parser can turn normal sentences about your plans into a perfectly formatted appointment entry.

From The Verge

The renown of talented parsers of language predates more recent stars like Benjamin Dreyer and Mary Norris by thousands of years.

From New York Times

The brain’s sentence parser starts to thrash when faced with the successive leaves at the beginning, and it crashes altogether when it gets to the pile of alones at the end.

From Literature

Adding a Parser Since it is rare that data comes from the network in the format that your views need, Stores can delegate to a parser by using a ParsingStoreBuilder rather than a StoreBuilder.

From New York Times

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