[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

preprocessor
     
        a program invoked by various compilers to process code
        before compilation.  for example, the c preprocessor, cpp,
        handles textual macro substitution, conditional
        compilation and inclusion of other files.  a preprocessor may
        be used to transform a program into a simpler language, e.g. to
        transform c++ into c.
     
        1994-11-09
     
     
see also:
compiler c cpp macro conditional compilation c++ 

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