initialise

Verb

Meaning

divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data

assign an initial value to a computer program

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Synonyms

format initialize prime prepare modify adjust boot initiate arrange reset formatting input initialization initialisation log in
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Antonyms

end break challenge destroy disorder finish
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Hypernyms

set separate determine split divide split up

Examples

Please format this disk before entering data! Source: Internet

If the mailer answered the phone and a human caller was detected rather than other mailer software, the mailer would exit, and pass control to the BBS software, which would then initialise for interaction with the user. Source: Internet

If addition is used, it is required that at least one of the first k values chosen to initialise the generator be odd; if multiplication is used, instead, it is required that all the first k values be odd. Source: Internet

This instruction will mark the stack, i.e. reserve the first five cells of the above stack frame, and initialise previous EP, dynamic, and static link. Source: Internet

Typically needed to denote an argument; to tell the compiler what data type the Method/Function needs to look for first in order to initialise. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

initialese initialing initialisation initialiser initialism initialist