"preinstall" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From pre- + install.",
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      "form": "preinstalls",
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          "text": "My computer came with the operating system preinstalled.",
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          "ref": "2024 November 27, Paul Bigland, “Around the UK on nearly 80 trains...”, in RAIL, number 1023, page 48:",
          "text": "The Scots have had the foresight to install passive provision for electrification, having plans in existence and by pre-installing piles for OLE (overhead line equipment) mast bases.",
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        "To install (software, etc.) in advance."
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        "(transitive) To install (software, etc.) in advance."
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  "word": "preinstall"
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          "text": "I can't install this software because one of the preinstall checks failed.",
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        "Prior to installation."
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        "(computing) Prior to installation."
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        "(transitive) To install (software, etc.) in advance."
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