"pre-increment" meaning in All languages combined

See pre-increment on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pre-increments [plural]
Etymology: pre- + increment Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|increment}} pre- + increment Head templates: {{en-noun}} pre-increment (plural pre-increments)
  1. (computing) An increment operation that takes place prior to evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-pre-increment-en-noun-PAtY6hXJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 68 32 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb [English]

Forms: pre-increments [present, singular, third-person], pre-incrementing [participle, present], pre-incremented [participle, past], pre-incremented [past]
Etymology: pre- + increment Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|increment}} pre- + increment Head templates: {{en-verb}} pre-increment (third-person singular simple present pre-increments, present participle pre-incrementing, simple past and past participle pre-incremented)
  1. (transitive, computing) To perform such an operation upon. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-pre-increment-en-verb-lOFa5NIu Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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