Assertion: filter | /r/HasProperty | program
Facets:
value: in computer programming
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In computer programming, a filter is a program or section of code that is designed to examine each input or output request for certain qualifying criteria and then process or forward it accordingly.
text: In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, a filter is a program that gets most of its data from its standard input (the main input stream) and writes its main results to its standard output (the main output stream).