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- DictionaryPre·proc·es·sor/ˌprēˈpräˌsesər/
noun
- 1. a computer program that modifies data to conform with the input requirements of another program.
noun
Type of computer program which processes the input for another program
In computer science, a preprocessor (or precompiler) is a program that processes its input data to produce output that is used as input in another program. The output is said to be a preprocessed form of the input data, which is often used by some subsequent programs like compilers. Wikipedia