lexer /lek'sr/ n.
Common hacker shorthand for `lexical analyzer', the
input-tokenizing stage in the parser for a language (the part
that breaks it into word-like pieces). "Some C lexers get
confused by the old-style compound ops like =-."
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lexiphage /lek'si-fayj`/ n.
A notorious word chomper on ITS.
See bagbiter. This program would
draw on a selected victim's bitmapped terminal the words "THE
BAG" in ornate letters, followed a pair of jaws biting pieces of
it off.