"parselet" meaning in All languages combined

See parselet on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: parselets [plural]
Etymology: From parse + -let (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|parse|-let|pos2=diminutive suffix}} parse + -let (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} parselet (plural parselets)
  1. (computer science) A small modular parsing object or routine (particularly in a Pratt parser) that handles a particular syntactic construct.

Inflected forms

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