preprocess

To process in advance.

Verb

  1. 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.

Forms

preprocesses preprocessing preprocessed pre-process

Related

postmodify premodify