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gnisrap

Syllables: gnis·rapUK/ˈnaɪsɹæp/

gnisrap noun: the cognitive process of creating a mental model of a computer program by reading the code.

Noun

gnisrap (uncountable)

  1. The cognitive process of creating a mental model of a computer program by reading the code.
    • [page 66, column 1] The Parsing-Gnisrap model is a model of coding, rather than of programming, that is, unlike most earlier models, ours starts at the stage when the programmer has already solved the main problems of how to write the program, and wishes to turn these into code. […] [page 69...1987, T[homas] R. G. Green, R[achel] K. E. Bellamy, J. M. Parker, “Parsing and Gnisrap: A Model of Device Use”, in H[ans]-J[örg] Bullinger, B. Shackel, editors, Human–Computer Interaction—INTERACT...
    • [M]any deviations are made from linear development, where programmers leave gaps in the emerging program to be filled in later. Green et al (1987) have proposed a model to account for this finding. Their Parsing/Gnisrap model introduces a working memory component into the analysis of coding...1992, Simon P. Davies, “The Role of Expertise in the Development of Display-based Problem Solving Strategies”, in Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society...
    Antonyms:
    parsing

Examples of gnisrap in a sentence

  • In fact, our approach has much in common with theirs at the gnisrap end, but they do not consider the parsing side.1987, T[homas] R. G. Green, R[achel] K. E. Bellamy, J. M. Parker, “Parsing and Gnisrap: A Model of Device Use”, in H[ans]-J[örg] Bullinger...
  • The parsing element of the model describes this process, while gnisrap (the reverse of parsing) describes the generative process.1992, Simon P. Davies, “The Role of Expertise in the Development of Display-based Problem Solving Strategies”, in Proceedings of the...
  • A similar account is offered by the ‘parsing/gnisrap’ theory of computer programming Green et al. (1987).2000, Thomas C. Ormerod, Juliet Richardson, Andrew Shepherd, “Enhancing the Usability of a Task Analysis Method: A Notation and Environment...

Antonyms of gnisrap

Origin of gnisrap

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.

Questions about gnisrap

What does gnisrap mean?
Gnisrap means the cognitive process of creating a mental model of a computer program by reading the code.
How do you use gnisrap in a sentence?
In fact, our approach has much in common with theirs at the gnisrap end, but they do not consider the parsing side.
What part of speech is gnisrap?
Gnisrap is a noun.
How do you pronounce gnisrap?
Gnisrap is pronounced /ˈnaɪsɹæp/ (UK).

Words near gnisrap in the dictionary

  1. Gniezno
  2. Gnihing
  3. Gnin
  4. gnip
  5. GNIS
  6. gnisrap
  7. gnit
  8. gnits
  9. Gnjilane
  10. GNM
  11. GNMA

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