"pre-increment" meaning in English

See pre-increment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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

Forms: pre-increments [present, singular, third-person], pre-incrementing [participle, present], pre-incremented [participle, past], pre-incremented [past]
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  1. (transitive, computing) To perform such an operation upon. Tags: transitive
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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *per-\nProto-Indo-European *preh₂-\nProto-Indo-European *-i\nProto-Indo-European *préh₂i?\nProto-Italic *prai\nProto-Italic *prai-\nLatin prae-lbor.\nMiddle English pre-\nEnglish pre-\nEnglish increment\nEnglish pre-increment\nFrom pre- + increment.",
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    {
      "form": "pre-increments",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pre-incrementing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pre-incremented",
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        "participle",
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    },
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      "form": "pre-incremented",
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        "past"
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "To perform such an operation upon."
      ],
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          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, computing) To perform such an operation upon."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
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  ],
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}

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