"post-increment" meaning in English

See post-increment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: post-increments [plural]
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  1. (computing) An increment operation that takes place after evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented.
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Verb

Forms: post-increments [present, singular, third-person], post-incrementing [participle, present], post-incremented [participle, past], post-incremented [past]
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  1. (transitive, computing) To perform such an operation upon. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-post-increment-en-verb-lOFa5NIu Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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