Rerun vs Prerun - What's the difference?
rerun | prerun |
(American) A television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
(political) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
(computing) A second or subsequent run of a program.
To run (a previously broadcast television program) again.
To run (a race) again.
To run (a computer program) again.
The act of running something in advance.
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To run in advance.
In transitive terms the difference between rerun and prerun
is that rerun is to run (a computer program) again while prerun is to run in advance.rerun
English
(wikipedia rerun)Noun
(en noun)- Each rerun of the algorithm takes several minutes.
Synonyms
* (television program shown after its initial presentation) repeatVerb
prerun
English
Noun
(en noun)- several preruns of an application to collect the execution times
- The digital print is also used for test runs and preruns .