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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb Chiefly Brit. initialize.

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  • verb UK Alternative spelling of initialize.

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  • verb assign an initial value to a computer program
  • verb divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data

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