different between parse vs lint

English

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English pars (“parts, shares; parts of speech, grammar”), from Old French pars (plural of part (“part, portion, share”)), from Latin pars (“part, piece, share”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth; to sell”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??z/, [p???z]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??s/, [p???s], [p???z]
• Rhymes: -??(?)z, -??(?)s

Verb

parse (third-person singular simple present parses, present participle parsing, simple past and past participle parsed)

1. (linguistics, transitive, intransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonym: construe

2. (transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.
3. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
4. (computing, transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.
5. (computing, linguistics, intransitive) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.

Usage notes

Generally speaking, parse is an ergative verb, i.e. ambitransitive with the subject of the intransitive form corresponding to the direct object of the transitive form. If a person or program can parse X into Y, then we say that X parses as Y. Note that the last sense is not quite the same as the penultimate; a string only parses if it can be parsed successfully.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

parse (plural parses)

1. (computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing.

   The parse will fail if the program contains an unrecognised keyword.

2. (computing, linguistics) The result of such an act; a parsing.

   This parse is incorrect and indicates a fault in the parser.

Translations

References

Further reading

• parsing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• parse (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Asper, Earps, Pears, Peras, RESPA, Rapes, Spear, Spera, apers, apres, après, aprés, as per, asper, pares, pears, prase, presa, præs., rapes, reaps, sarpe, spare, spear

Italian

Verb

parse f

1. feminine plural of parso
2. third-person singular past historic of parere

Synonyms

• (parere): parve

Anagrams

• aspre, persa, presa, saper, spare, spera

Latin

Participle

parse

1. vocative masculine singular of parsus

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin l?num (“flax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Homophone: Lent (with pin-pen merger)

Noun

lint (usually uncountable, plural lints)

1. A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
2. Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.

3. The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
4. Raw cotton ready for baling.

Derived terms

• lint-free, lintfree

Translations

Etymology 2

From the lint Unix utility, written in 1979, which analyses programs written in the C language, itself named after the undesirable bits of fiber and fluff found in sheep's wool (see etymology 1).

Verb

lint (third-person singular simple present lints, present participle linting, simple past and past participle linted)

1. (transitive, computing) To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.

References

Anagrams

• Int'l, int'l, intl.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/

Noun

lint (plural linte, diminutive lintjie)

1. A ribbon, band, tape.

Cimbrian

Noun

lint f

1. lind, linden

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Probably a shortening of Middle Dutch lijnde (“rope”), from line (modern lijn). Alternatively from Latin linteum (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/
• Hyphenation: lint
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

lint n (plural linten, diminutive lintje n)

1. A ribbon, a cloth band or non-textile (non-adhesive) tape.
2. (metonymically, chiefly diminutive) A decoration, a medal, especially in chivalric, civil and military contexts.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lint

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin l?ns, lentem. Compare Italian and Venetian lente, lent, Romanian linte.

Noun

lint f

1. A lentil.

Middle English

Noun

lint

1. Alternative form of lynet