1. pre-increment - Noun
2. pre-increment - Verb
pre-increment (plural pre-increments)
(computing) An increment operation that takes place prior to evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented.
pre-increment (third-person singular simple present pre-increments, present participle pre-incrementing, simple past and past participle pre-incremented)
(transitive, computing) To perform such an operation upon.