Initialise (Verb)
Meaning 1
Assign an initial value to a computer program.
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The programmer wrote a function to initialise the variables before the main loop began.
- Before running the simulation, the system needed to initialise the default parameters.
- To avoid errors, the developer made sure to initialise all pointers to null.
- The setup process includes a step to initialise the internal state machine.
- When the application starts, it will initialise a connection to the remote database server.
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Meaning 2
Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..