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Rerun vs Prerun - What's the difference?

rerun | prerun |

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)
  • (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.
  • Each rerun of the algorithm takes several minutes.

    Synonyms

    * (television program shown after its initial presentation) repeat

    Verb

  • To run (a previously broadcast television program) again.
  • To run (a race) again.
  • To run (a computer program) again.
  • prerun

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of running something in advance.
  • * 2012 , Albert Y. Zomaya, Young Choon Lee, Energy Efficient Distributed Computing Systems (page 66)
  • several preruns of an application to collect the execution times
  • * 2012 , Kaj Johansson, Peter Lundberg, Robert Ryberg, A Guide to Graphic Print Production (page 295)
  • The digital print is also used for test runs and preruns .

    Verb

  • To run in advance.