"deinitialize" meaning in All languages combined

See deinitialize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: deinitializes [present, singular, third-person], deinitializing [participle, present], deinitialized [participle, past], deinitialized [past]
Etymology: de- + initialize Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|initialize}} de- + initialize Head templates: {{en-verb}} deinitialize (third-person singular simple present deinitializes, present participle deinitializing, simple past and past participle deinitialized)
  1. (transitive, computing) To release any resources that were allocated to (some object or process) as part of initialization. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: deinitialization

Inflected forms

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