symbol table

noun

A data structure where symbols (identifiers) are associated with information relating to their declaration or appearance in the source code.

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Meanings

nounsymbol table (plural symbol tables)

plural symbol tables

  1. computingA data structure where symbols (identifiers) are associated with information relating to their declaration or appearance in the source code.
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    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 implementation of any code that must refer to information about variables derived earlier in compilation.

    2004, Keith D. Cooper, Linda Torczon, Engineering a Compiler, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 239

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
associative array

Translations

German Symboltabelle
  • Symboltabelledata structure containing identifiers
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