- recorded before being broadcast, played in an automated telephone call, made available online, etc.; not live: The final hour of the talk show was a prerecorded interview with the book’s author.The prerecorded phone messages were part of a campaign targeting younger voters.
- containing previously recorded information, as music, images, software, etc.: By 1986, sales of prerecorded cassette tapes had surpassed those of LPs.
- having been recorded (on tape, video, etc) beforehand
