pre-increment

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ increment

Noun

pre-increment (plural pre-increments)

1. (computing) An increment operation that takes place prior to evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented.

Verb

pre-increment (third-person singular simple present pre-increments, present participle pre-incrementing, simple past and past participle pre-incremented)

1. (transitive, computing) To perform such an operation upon.