preprocessor

preprocessor
/pree"pros'es euhr, -euh seuhr/ or, esp. Brit., /-proh'ses euhr, -seuh seuhr/, n. Computers.
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.
[1965-70; PRE- + PROCESSOR]

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