initialize
/ɪˈnɪʃəlaɪz/
verb
- To set something up so it is ready to be used, especially a computer program or device.
- Make sure to initialize the printer before you try to print any documents.
- The technician will initialize the server to prepare it for the network.
- Before you can use the new tablet, you need to initialize the operating system.
- To assign a starting value to a variable in a computer program.
- In the code, you must initialize the counter variable to zero.
- The programmer forgot to initialize the array, which caused an error.
- Always initialize your variables to avoid unexpected results in your program.
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