BusinessAugust 20, 2026

parsing

PAR-sing

Definition

The act of electronically analyzing or breaking down a complex data structure (such as a document or code) into smaller, readable components so a computer can understand its content.

Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'pars', meaning 'part', the term originally referred to the grammatical analysis of a sentence by breaking it into its component parts of speech.

In the news

The article uses 'parsing' to describe how AI tools struggle to extract data from improperly formatted documents, emphasizing the need for machine-readable layouts to ensure accuracy.

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