Parsing

Parsing is like puzzles! When you have a big jumbled up puzzle, it can be hard to figure out how to put it together. Parsing is like solving that jumbled up puzzle. Parsing takes a big block of text or code and takes it apart, piece by piece, so that it can be used or understood.

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