Definition: It's a configuration file used in the Intel 80596 microcontroller, often used for interfacing with CPU via SPI bus. It's used to configure SPI buses on an embedded system. "Preprocess" means it performs some pre-processing before sending data over the SPI bus. "Intel" refers to Intel Corporation and this configuration is part of their internal communication protocols. The term 'intel_conf' is used for a specific file that includes these details about the device.