parsing

The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program).uncountable

• Parsing an Old English text can be difficult.

An instance of that act or process; a parse.countable

• A parsing of a sentence about a horse can yield several possible results.

Any result of such an instance; a parse; an acceptation.countable

• Upon review, for the word horse, the parsing "animal" was rejected in favor of the parsing "piece of gymnastic equipment".

present participle and gerund of parseform-ofgerundparticiple