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preprocessor

[ pree-pros-es-er, -uh-seror, especially British, -proh-ses-er, -suh-ser ]

noun

, Computers.
  1. a program that performs some type of processing, as organization of data or preliminary computation, in advance of another program that will perform most of the processing.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of preprocessor1

First recorded in 1965–70; pre- + processor

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