initialize
verb (used with object)
to set (variables, counters, switches, etc.) to their starting values at the beginning of a program or subprogram.
initialized
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past participleof initialize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof initialize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
initializeverb (used with object)to set (variables, counters, switches, etc.) to their starting values at the beginning of a program or subprogram.
Example Sentences
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However, the ADS was not functional at that moment due to the computer unit not having been initialized, and should not have been attempted to be activated.
From The Verge ● Aug. 4, 2022
When the qubits are initialized in superposition states, the action of this gate entangles the ions, making it a fundamental operation for the construction of an arbitrary quantum computation among many ions.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 9, 2012
Use this if you are resuming an installation that was interrupted or if you want to mount partitions that have already been initialized.
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen
Our readers, we dare say, have noticed it figuring away, in the list of hounds during the winter, along with the 'H.H.s,' 'V.W.H.s,' and other initialized packs.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees
You can initialize a Linux partition, or alternately you can mount a previously initialized one.
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen
