postprocessing

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Etymology 1

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From post- +‎ processing.

Noun

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postprocessing (countable and uncountable, plural postprocessings)

  1. Processing after other processes have been completed.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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postprocessing

  1. present participle and gerund of postprocess
    • 2007, Karl Heinz Hoffmann, Arnd Meyer, Parallel Algorithms and Cluster Computing: Implementations, Algorithms and Applications[1], Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:
      Traditional methods of postprocessing by storing all data and processing the files with other special software in order to obtain nice pictures may easily fail due to the amount of memory and time required.
    • 2010, Ashim Datta, Vineet Rakesh, An Introduction to Modeling of Transport Processes: Applications to Biomedical Systems[2], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
      Software such as Microsoft Excel, MATLAB, Tecplot and Ensight can be used for additional postprocessing of the data obtained from the analysis in COMSOL.