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Reprocess vs Preprocess - What's the difference?

reprocess | preprocess |

As verbs the difference between reprocess and preprocess

is that reprocess is process again while preprocess is (computing) to process in advance.

reprocess

English

Verb

  • process again

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    preprocess

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • (computing) To process in advance.
  • *2001 , Mark A DeLoura, Game Programming Gems 2
  • *:If the desired result is to perform the smallest possible rotation between each pair of two orientations, you can preprocess the quaternions to achieve this.
  • *2006 , Brian Larson, Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  • *:To obtain the same performance benefits of traditional OLAP systems, a UDM uses preprocessed aggregates.