Associations to the word «Initialization»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

INITIALIZATION, noun. (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke