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initialize definition

ini·tial·ize (i nis̸h′əl īz′)

transitive verb initialized -·ized′, initializing -·iz′·ing

Comput. to format or otherwise prepare (a disk, memory, etc.)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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