previewer
nounEtymology From preview + -er or pre- + viewer.
1
A person who sees a film or TV program, etc. before its general release to the public.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A program that provides a preview of a document or other work.
- For example, the Macintosh versions of TeX provide a screen previewer as a part of the basic package, whereas the screen previewer for the IBM PC is an extra.1988, Institute for Scientific Information, “The Scientist”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 2, numbers 1-12:
- To view a file for which there is no previewer installed, save the file to disk and open it with the appropriate application.2010, Jim Boyce, Microsoft® Outlook® 2010 Inside Out: