Lexer
lexical analyser
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- Lexica
[lek-si-kon, -kuh n] /ˈlɛk sɪˌkɒn, -kən/ noun, plural lexica [lek-si-kuh] /ˈlɛk sɪ kə/ (Show IPA), lexicons. 1. a wordbook or dictionary, especially of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew. 2. the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person, etc. 3. inventory or record: unparalleled in the lexicon of human relations. 4. Linguistics. /ˈlɛksɪkən/ noun 1. […]
- Lexical
[lek-si-kuh l] /ˈlɛk sɪ kəl/ adjective 1. of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects. 2. of, relating to, or of the nature of a . /ˈlɛksɪkəl/ adjective 1. of or relating to items of vocabulary in a language 2. of or relating […]
- Lexical analyser
language (Or “scanner”) The initial input stage of a language processor (e.g. a compiler), the part that performs lexical analysis. (1995-04-05)
- Lexical analysis
programming (Or “linear analysis”, “scanning”) The first stage of processing a language. The stream of characters making up the source program or other input is read one at a time and grouped into lexemes (or “tokens”) – word-like pieces such as keywords, identifiers, literals and punctutation. The lexemes are then passed to the parser. [“Compilers […]
- Lexical decision task
noun 1. (psychol) an experimental task in which subjects have to decide as fast as possible whether a given letter string is a word