Standard Lemma guide

gnisrap

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪsɹæp/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: parsing

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: трасировка (trasirovka) — cognitive process of creating a mental model of a computer program by reading the code
  • Finnish: päässä jäsentäminen — cognitive process of creating a mental model of a computer program by reading the code