initialization

initialization

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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.

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    Noun

    initialization (countable and uncountable, plural initializations) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

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

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