preprocessor

English

Etymology

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 processor

English preprocessor

From pre- + processor.

Noun

preprocessor (plural preprocessors)

1. (computing) program that processes its input data to produce output that is used as input to another program

Translations

program that processes input data before it is used by another program

• Czech: preprocesor m
• Finnish: esikääntäjä (fi)
• French: préprocesseur (fr) m
• German: Präprozessor (de) m
• Greek: προεπεξεργαστής (el) m (proepexergastís)
• Icelandic: forvinnslubúnaður m
• Portuguese: pré-processador (pt) m
• Turkish: önişlemci
• Ukrainian: попере́дній проце́сор m (poperédnij procésor)