Initialise

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  initialise \initialise\ v. t.
     initialize. [Chiefly Brit.]
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  initialise
       v 1: assign an initial value to a computer program [syn: {initialize}]
       2: divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store
          data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"
          [syn: {format}, {initialize}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  initialise
       
           To give a {variable} its first value.  This may
          be done automatically by some languages or it may require
          explicit code by the programmer.  Some languages allow
          initialisation to be combined with variable definition,
          e.g. in {C}:
       
          	int i = 0;
       
          Failing to initialise a variable before using it is a common
          programming error, but one which compilers and automatic
          checkers like {lint} can easily detect.
       
          (1997-06-08)