D defs.my
Menu ☰
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

initialize

· IPA /ɪˈnɪʃəlaɪz/
01 v. t. to assign an initial value to (a variable or set of variables in a computer program); as, many bugs are caused by a failure to initialize v…
  1. 1.
    to assign an initial value to (a variable or set of variables in a computer program); as, many bugs are caused by a failure to initialize variables.