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2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: lexer /lek'sr/ n. Common hacker shorthand for `lexical analyzer', the input-tokenizing stage in the parser for a language (the part that breaks it into word-like pieces). "Some C lexers get confused by the old-style compound ops like `=-'." From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: lexer {lexical analyser}
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