"lexer" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "lex + -er",
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  "etymology_text": "From lex + -er, ultimately from lexical.",
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      "form": "lexers",
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        "A computer program that performs lexical analysis."
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          "computer program",
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          "lexical analysis",
          "lexical analysis"
        ]
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        "(computing) A computer program that performs lexical analysis."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "lexical analyzer"
        }
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "computer program",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lekser"
        }
      ],
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        "lexer"
      ]
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  "etymology_text": "From lex + -er, ultimately from lexical.",
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    {
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        "A computer program that performs lexical analysis."
      ],
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          "computer program",
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          "lexical analysis",
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        "(computing) A computer program that performs lexical analysis."
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
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        "physical-sciences",
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    {
      "word": "lexical analyzer"
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "sh",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "lekser"
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