preprocessor
[
pree
-pros-es-er, -
uh
-ser
or, esp. British,
-proh-ses-er, -s
uh
-ser]
/ˈpriˌprɒs ɛs ər, -ə sər
or, esp. British,
-ˌproʊ sɛs ər, -sə sər/
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.
Origin of
preprocessor
1965-70;
pre-
+
processor