Initialize Moderate

Initialize has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

assign an initial value to a computer program

"Before running the simulation, I need to initialize all variables in the code to zero."

initialize initialise

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

"Please format this disk before entering data!"

format initialize initialise

To assign initial values to something

"Before launching the new software update, the technician had to initialize all user accounts with their default passwords."