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 - Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi
and Jeffrey D. Ullman, pp. 4-5]
(1995-04-05)
Nearby terms:
lexeme « lexer « lexical analyser « lexical
analysis
» lexical scope » lexical scoping » lexiphage
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