preprocess

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Etymology

From pre- +‎ process.

Verb

preprocess (third-person singular simple present preprocesses, present participle preprocessing, simple past and past participle preprocessed)

  1. (computing) To process in advance.
    Antonym: postprocess
    Coordinate term: reprocess
    • 2001, Mark A. DeLoura, editor, Game Programming Gems 2, Charles River Media, Inc., →ISBN:
      If the desired result is to perform the smallest possible rotation between each pair of two orientations, you can preprocess the quaternions to achieve this.
    • 2002, Sing-Tze Bow, editor, Pattern Recognition and Image Preprocessing, Marcel Dekker, Inc., →ISBN:
      In pattern recognition we can divide an entire task into three phases: data acquisition, data preprocessing, and decision classification.
    • 2006, Brian Larson, Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, →ISBN:
      To obtain the same performance benefits of traditional OLAP systems, a UDM uses preprocessed aggregates.

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