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initialization

noun initializations · initialisation

  1. British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable The process of preparing something to begin.
  2. British, English, Oxford, US, countable An act of preparing something to begin.
  3. British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable An assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable

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noun process

Românăinițializare

noun act

Portuguêsinicialização

noun programming: assignment of initial value of variable

한국어초기화 chogihwa
日本語初期化 shokika
中文初始化 chūshǐhuà
Portuguêsinicialização
Françaisinitialisation
DeutschInitialisierung
Ελληνικάαρχικοποίηση archikopoíisi, έναρξη énarxi
Русскийинициализа́ция inicializácija
Tiếng Việtkhởi tạo

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@misc{initialization_2026,
  title = {initialization},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/initialization},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}