ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Lex (URN)

Alright kiddo, let me tell you about something called Lex.

Lex is actually short for "Lexer". It's not a person, but a special computer program that helps other computers understand the words we write.

Imagine you're trying to talk to a computer, but instead of speaking in English or whatever language you know, you have to speak in a secret code. That would be really hard, right? Well, writing code for computers to understand is a lot like that. Instead of words and sentences, you have to use special symbols and abbreviations.

This is where Lex comes in. It's a program that helps translate our everyday language into the code that computers can read. It's like a special dictionary that tells the computer what each word in our code means, and how to use it.

Now, let's talk about 'urn'. An urn is like a special container that holds something important. But in the computer world, an Urn is a special code that helps identify something on the internet. It's like giving each webpage or file its own special address so you can find it easily.

So when we put Lex and Urn together (Lex(urn)), we're talking about using the special program (Lex) to help understand and identify things on the internet (Urn). It's like having a really smart computer friend that helps us find and use all the cool stuff on the internet. Isn't that neat?