postprocessor
- noun
- /ˈpoʊstˌprɒsɛsər/
- Specialized
:
posprocesador
- The postprocessor helps improve the final output by making necessary adjustments after the initial processing.
Examples
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A preprocessor monitors the input data, and its corresponding postprocessor monitors the output.
Academic text (1998) -
For decompression, an ALDC decoder generates code byte values which are then fed into a hardware postprocessor to reconstruct the original data bit stream.
Academic text (1998) -
A secondary postprocessor uses these results with a different set of rules to produce more complex relationships.
Academic text (1994) -
The postprocessor reduces the input to these values, complete with statistics.
Academic text (1994) -
To easily generate interesting values from the data provided by means of the monitor command line tools, a set of postprocessors was developed.
Academic text (1994) -
Therefore, the postprocessor uses a user-specified input-rule set to determine how to arrive at a given set of results.
Academic text (1994) -
The CFD analysis also requires the use of IDP's proprietary pre- and postprocessor software to move quickly from the data resulting from their design programs to the mesh-generation software, as well as to process the CFD results and incorporate the lessons learned into the next design iteration.
Academic text (1996) -
DaimlerChrysler has chosen the Cam-Post numerical control postprocessor development tool from ICAM Technologies of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, for use in the automaker's assembly plants in the United States and Brazil.
Academic text (2000) -
The toolpath clearance and socket contour smoothing performed by the CASD postprocessor and carver controller further limited the radial accuracy achievable.
Academic text (1992) -
After the data was analyzed, the postprocessor refined the results to highlight relevant findings.
Synonyms
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4.8
A worker who does the last step to make things look and work well
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4.4
Editing or finishing things like photos and objects after they are made to improve quality
How Late
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4.8
- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.5
- Specialized
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6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word postprocessor is made of post- meaning 'after' and processor, like a 'food processor' or 'computer processor' that 'works on' something in steps. So a postprocessor is a person or program that does extra work 'after' the main job to improve or finish the result.