Parse

Parse - To divide a group of words and/or numbers into components. In data processing, parsing typically puts first and last name into their own fields, title into its own field, primary and secondary addresses into their own fields, etc.

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Source: Postcom, 25 March 2010 11:37:47, http://postcom.org/public/admail_image/glossary.htm

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Parse - in SAS Data Quality_, a process that inserts into a character value a series of delimiters, as determined by a specified parse definition.

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Source: SAS, 28 May 2010 10:21:56, http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/dqclref/63101/HTML/default/viewer.htm#/documentation/cdl/en/dqclref/63101/HTML/default/a002282654.htm

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parse - 

   (1) [computing] In computing, to divide a sequence of letters and numbers into parts, especially to test their agreement with a set of syntax rules.
   (2) [education] To break a sentence into parts of speech and describe them grammatically.

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Source: esri, 05 July 2012 09:08:35, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation