initialization

The process of preparing something to begin.

Noun

  1. The process of preparing something to begin.
  2. An act of preparing something to begin.
  3. An assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable

Origin

Etymology tree English initialize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English initialization From initialize + -ation.

Forms

initializations initialisation

Derived

deinitialization lazy initialization preinitialization reinitialization uninitialization