English Explanatory Dictionary

gnisrap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The cognitive process of creating a mental model of a computer program by reading the code.

Pronunciation

/ˈnaɪsɹæp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-gnisrap.wav

Word forms

gnisrap

Etymology

From parsing spelled backwards, coined by the British cognitive scientist Thomas R. G. Green (born 1941) and his co-authors Rachel K. E. Bellamy and J. M. Parker in a 1987 paper: see the quotation.

Antonyms

parsing
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