lParsing is the act of turning
text into meaningful information.
lExample:
lProgramming language: Parsing makes the language
into an
executable machine language program.
l
lCalculator: Parsing interprets the
symbols to carry out the calculation being represented.
345 + 62.7*84.9
doesnŐt have a ŇmagicalÓ
meaning; we have to give it one.