ANTLR

[ˈæntlər or ˈeɪ.ɛn.tiː.ɛl.ˈɑr]
noun
ANTLR (gerador de analisadores léxicos e sintáticos)
1. A powerful parser generator tool used to read, process, and translate structured text or binary files. The acronym stands for 'ANother Tool for Language Recognition.' It is widely used in compiler design, domain-specific language development, and configuration file parsing.
The development team used ANTLR to create a parser for their custom programming language.
A equipe de desenvolvimento usou ANTLR para criar um analisador para sua linguagem de programação personalizada.
2. A tool that generates lexical analyzers (tokenizers) and syntactic parsers from grammar specifications written in Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF).
ANTLR automatically generated the lexer and parser from the provided grammar file.
ANTLR gerou automaticamente o analisador léxico e sintático do arquivo de gramática fornecido.
ANTLR is a specialized technical term used primarily in software engineering, compiler design, and computer science education. It is language-neutral and used identically across English and Portuguese-speaking regions. The tool was created by Terence Parr and has become an industry standard in parsing technology, particularly popular in academic settings and among developers building domain-specific languages or custom interpreters.
Synonyms / Sinônimos
parser generatorlexical analyzer generatorcompiler compileryaccbison

Regional Variations

General/International
ANTLR
Standard technical term used in software development and computer science communities worldwide
Brazil
ANTLR
Used in Brazilian tech communities and universities; often explained as 'gerador de analisadores' in Portuguese contexts
Portugal
ANTLR
Same usage as in Brazil; technical term remains unchanged in Portuguese-speaking countries

Related Words

lexerparsertokenizergrammarsyntax treecontext-free grammarEBNF
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