initialization

Noun

Meaning

(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

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Synonyms

initialisation low-level formatting default boot initiate initiation reboot initialize initialise booting initialing init initiating reprogramming pre-trial

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Antonyms

last end consummation achieve ending finish

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Hypernyms

formatting format data format data formatting

Examples

All disks had to be initialized before they could be used; in initialization the drive head wrote every track on the disk, creating them as it did so. Source: Internet

An option ROM should normally return to the BIOS after completing its initialization process. Source: Internet

And given the slow initialization of the cipher with each change of key, it is granted a natural protection against brute-force attacks, which doesn't really justify key sizes longer than 448 bits. Source: Internet

A config object containing one or more event handlers to be added to this object during initialization. Source: Internet

Also, the initialization and the termination of the parallel computation must be specified by user. Source: Internet

Because the P-array is 576 bits long, and the key bytes are XORed through all these 576 bits during the initialization, many implementations support key sizes up to 576 bits. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

initialism initialist initializable initialize initializer initialled