Preprocessor

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

  preprocessor
       
          A program invoked by various {compiler}s 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)