Usually means: Software that processes code first.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word preprocessor:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. preprocessor: Merriam-Webster
  2. preprocessor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preprocessor: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Preprocessor, preprocessor: Wordnik
  5. preprocessor: Wiktionary
  6. preprocessor: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. preprocessor: Dictionary.com
  8. Preprocessor (CAE), Preprocessor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. preprocessor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. preprocessor: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Preprocessor: CCI Computer
  3. Preprocessor (programming), preprocessor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. preprocessor: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (computing) program that processes its input data to produce output that is used as input to another program

Similar:
postprocessor, precompiler, loader, subprocessor, metaprogram, processor, Prolog, metaprogramming, background processing, process, more...

Opposite:
postprocessor, compiler, linker

Phrases:
hypertext preprocessor, macro preprocessor, c preprocessor, php: hypertext preprocessor, php hypertext preprocessor, more...

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Similar:
postprocessor, precompiler, loader, subprocessor, metaprogram, processor, Prolog, metaprogramming, background processing, process, more...

Opposite:
postprocessor, compiler, linker

Phrases:
hypertext preprocessor, macro preprocessor, c preprocessor, php: hypertext preprocessor, php hypertext preprocessor, Variadic macro in the C preprocessor, more...



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