Initialize

2 definitions found

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

  initialize \initialize\ v. t.
     to assign an initial value to (a variable or set of variables
     in a computer program); as, many bugs are caused by a failure
     to initialize variables.
     [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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