Preseeding

adj, noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    a way to set answers to questions asked during the installation process, without having to manually enter the answers while the installation is running.

    "2004, Joey Hess, "d-i preseed file version 0.1", reprinted in Frank Ronneburg, 2005, Debian GNU/ Linux Anwenderhandbuch, Some parts of the installation process cannot be automated using some forms of preseeding, because the questions are asked before the preseed file is loaded."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of preseed form-of, gerund, participle, present
  2. 2
    Misspelling of preceding. alt-of, misspelling
Adjective
  1. 1
    Before seeding. not-comparable

    "The effects of seeding are assessed by comparing preseeding (or unseeded) estimates to the postseeding estimates."

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"The effects of seeding are assessed by comparing preseeding (or unseeded) estimates to the postseeding estimates."

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