preprocess
To process in advance.
Verb
- To process in advance.
- 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. - 2001, Mark A. DeLoura, editor, Game Programming Gems 2,...
- In pattern recognition we can divide an entire task into three phases: data acquisition, data preprocessing, and decision classification. - 2002, Sing-Tze Bow, editor, Pattern Recognition and Image Preprocessing, Marcel...
- To obtain the same performance benefits of traditional OLAP systems, a UDM uses preprocessed aggregates. - 2006, Brian Larson, Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, →ISBN:
Antonyms: postprocess
Coordinate Terms: reprocess
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English process English preprocess From pre- + process.