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Definition
Breaking a data block into smaller chunks by following a set of rules, so that it can be more easily interpreted, managed, or transmitted by a computer. Spreadsheet programs, for example, parse a data to fit it into a cell of certain size.
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parsing is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks and Statistics, Mathematics, & Analysis subjects.
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