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initialize
verb
-
initialize
,
initializing
,
initializes
,
initialized
to
prepare
a
computer
program
,
device
,
or
system
for
operation
by
setting
it
to
an
initial
state
or
assigning
starting
values
.
•
The
developer
initialized
the
database
connection
.
The
developer
initialized
the
database
connection
.
•
Please
initialize
your
new
smartphone
before
using
it
.
Please
initialize
your
new
smartphone
before
using
it
.
From
the
mid
20th
century
;
back-formation
from
'initialization'
,
based
on
'
initial
'
+
'
-ize
'
,
modeled
on
verbs
such
as
'realize'
.
Originally
from
computing
contexts
.
