Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

preprocess

verb

/ˈpriːˌprɒsɛs/

Definition

To process data beforehand, often to prepare it for analysis or further processing.

Examples

Before conducting the analysis, we need to preprocess the data to remove any inconsistencies.
The images were preprocessed to enhance their quality prior to training the model.
It’s crucial to preprocess text data by removing stop words and punctuation.

Meaning

Preprocessing involves performing operations on raw data to make it suitable for a specific purpose, commonly used in data science and artificial intelligence.