initializev.
/ɪˈnɪʃəlʌɪz/, /ɪˈnɪʃl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ᵻˈnɪʃəˌlaɪz/ 1. rare.
a. intransitive. To use an initial or initials instead of the full name.
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society > communication > writing > written character > [verb (intransitive)] > use initials
initialize1833
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > form words [verb (intransitive)] > use initials
initialize1833
1833 T. Hook Widow & Marquess i ‘Mrs. F.’ said Mr. Smith,—it was a way he had of initialising.
1837 New Monthly Mag. 50 78 Nobody had successfully initialized, until L. E. L. arose.
b. transitive. To designate by an initial or initials.
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1864 Daily Tel. 28 June Messrs. B——, R——, and J—— (I will only initialise them) are already off on their yearly tour.
2. transitive (Computing.) To set to the value, or put in the condition, appropriate to the start of an operation. Const. to.
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society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > run or execute [verb (transitive)] > initialize
initialize1957
1957 D. D. McCracken Digital Computer Programming xi. 146 [Instructions] 18 and 19 initialize the address of the instruction with which numbers are brought in from temporary storage.
1961 N. Chapin Programming Computers for Business Applic. vii. 188 The failure..to initialize the switch would produce errors.
1963 P. M. Sherman Programming & coding Digital Computers vii. 124 Another data instruction..is used to ‘initialize’ the ADD instruction to its initial value.
1972 Computer Jrnl. 15 205/2 To trace from a base point P, the trace routine initialises A to the address of and M to the mode of the object pointed to by P and executes the following code.
Derivatives
iˈnitialist n. one who signs his initials instead of his full name.Apparently an isolated use.
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1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 438 The blazon-loving herd of dowagers, and the more modest herd of initialists are acquitted with equal ease.
iˈnitialized adj.
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society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > [adjective] > initialization
initializing1957
initialized1968
1968 P. Wegner Programming Lang. iv. 234 Algol contains a small subset of..initialized identifiers.
1971 K. R. Britting Inertial Navigation Syst. Anal. i. 1 An appropriately initialized inertial navigation system is capable of continuous determination of vehicle position and velocity without use of external radiation or optical information.
iˈnitializing n. and adj.
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society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > [adjective] > initialization
initializing1957
initialized1968
1957 D. D. McCracken Digital Computer Programming vi. 75 The preliminary steps which set up the loop and are not repeated constitute the initializing section of the loop.
1969 H. Maisel & D. L. Wright Introd. Electronic Digital Computers v. 74 Initializing procedures may also provide for such things as changes in the withholding tax rates or the Social Security laws.
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