PREPROCESSOR


Meaning of PREPROCESSOR in English

/pree"pros'es euhr, -euh seuhr/ or, esp. Brit., /-proh'ses euhr, -seuh seuhr/ , n. Computers.

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.

[ 1965-70; PRE- + PROCESSOR ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .