noun
previous specified element
Technical computing term referring to the element that was specified immediately before the current one in a sequence or context.
直前指定要素の値を取得するメソッドを実装した。
I implemented a method to get the value of the previous specified element.
Compound of 直前 (immediately before), 指定 (specification), and 要素 (element). A technical term likely coined in computing contexts.