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symbol tables

symbol tables is the plural of symbol table.

Meaning of symbol table

Noun

symbol table (plural symbol tables)

  1. A data structure where symbols (identifiers) are associated with information relating to their declaration or appearance in the source code.
    • This central repository, called a symbol table, becomes an integral part of the compiler's IR. The symbol table localizes information derived from potentially distant parts of the source code. It makes such information easily and efficiently available, and it simplifies the design and...2004, Keith D. Cooper, Linda Torczon, Engineering a Compiler, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 239

Questions about symbol tables

What is symbol tables the plural of?
Symbol tables is the plural of symbol table.

Words near symbol tables in the dictionary

  1. symbol groups
  2. symbol pusher
  3. symbol pushers
  4. symbol pushing
  5. symbol table
  6. symbol tables
  7. symbol-pushing
  8. symbolaeography
  9. symbolatrous
  10. symbolatry
  11. symbole

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