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'''Abstract syntax tree''' (AST) is a data structure representing something which has been parsed, often used as a [[compiler (computing)|compiler]] or [[interpreter (computing)|interpreter]]'s internal [[intermediate representation|representation]] of a [[computer program]] while it is being optimised[[compiler optimization|optimized]] and from which code generation is performed. The range of all possible such structures is described by the [[abstract syntax]].

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