Usually means: Prepare data for further analysis.
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  1. preprocess: Merriam-Webster
  2. preprocess: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preprocess: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. preprocess: Collins English Dictionary
  5. preprocess: Wordnik
  6. preprocess: Dictionary.com
  7. preprocess: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. preprocess: Wiktionary

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  1. preprocess: Encyclopedia

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  1. preprocess: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (preprocess)

▸ verb:  (computing) To process in advance.

Similar:
pre-process, precompute, preparse, preprepare, precache, preoptimize, precompile, preapply, preedit, precombine, more...

Opposite:
postprocess, post-production, finalization

Types:
tokenize, stem, lemmatize, stopword removal, segmentation, more...

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Similar:
pre-process, precompute, preparse, preprepare, precache, preoptimize, precompile, preapply, preedit, precombine, more...

Opposite:
postprocess, post-production, finalization

Types:
tokenize, stem, lemmatize, stopword removal, segmentation, more...



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