Initialization

Definition: Initialization

Initialization

Noun

1. (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position.

Domain	Definition
Computing	Operations required to implement a process or start a machine. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Initialization

Synonyms: initialisation (n), low-level formatting (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Initialization

Specialty definitions using "initialization": ESPINIT ♦ LCC Basis Value ♦ Pascal- ♦ time-varying data. (references)

"Initialization" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Initialization" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	4	175,879

Expressions using "initialization": initialization vector ♦ initialization word. Additional references.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "initialization"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		初始化 (initialisation, initialise, initialize). (various references)

Danish		initialisering (reset). (various references)

Finnish		alustustila (initialisation mode, initialization mode), alkuarvo (initialising value, initialization vector). (various references)

French		initialisation. (various references)

German		initialisierung. (various references)

Greek		ενεργοποίηση (activation), αποκατάσταση αρχικών συνθηκών, ορισμός αρχικής κατάστασης. (various references)

Hebrew		תחול (priming), אתחול (reset). (various references)

Italian		inizializzazione (initialisation). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		初期設定 , 初期化 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょきせってい, しょきか. (various references)

Korean		초기 설정 (initialisation). (various references)

Pig Latin		initializationay.(various references)

Portuguese		inicialização (to initialise, to initialize). (various references)

Russian		инициализация. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		inicijalizacija. (various references)

Spanish		inicialización. (various references)

Swedish		initialvärde (initialization vector), initialiseringsmod (initialization mode). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "initialization": initializations. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Initialization" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: initialisation, initializeation, initialzation. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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	Words within the letters "a-a-i-i-i-i-i-l-n-n-o-t-t-z"
	-2 letters: latinization.
	-4 letters: initiation.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-i-i-i-i-i-l-n-n-o-t-t-z"
	+1 letter: initializations.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
modem initialization string	21
device failed initialization vfat	12
failed initialization session3	11
initialization	11
failed initialization socket window	10
initialization string	9
failed initialization process1	7
cd creator easy engine failed has initialization	6
config failed initialization	4
dll failed initialization	3
failed initialization session5	3
device dll driver failed initialization installable virtual	2
age error failed initialization mythology	2
common initialization	2
initialization modem	2
during error initialization occurred vm	2
dap error initialization	2
error file initialization log norton	2
command initialization modem	2
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Initialization

Definition: Initialization

Initialization

Noun

Specialty Definition: Initialization

Synonyms: Initialization

Crosswords: Initialization

Usage Frequency: Initialization

Expressions: Initialization

Frequency of Internet Expressions: Initialization

Modern Translation: Initialization

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Derivations & Misspellings: Initialization

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Anagrams: Initialization

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