"initialization" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-initialization.wav [US] Forms: initializations [plural], spelling [US]
Etymology: initialize + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|initialize|ation}} initialize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} initialization (countable and uncountable, plural initializations)
  1. (uncountable) The process of preparing something to begin. Tags: uncountable Translations (process): alkuvalmistelu (Finnish), alustaminen [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Finnish), inițializare [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-initialization-en-noun-8zfW~e1B Disambiguation of 'process': 100 0 0
  2. (countable) An act of preparing something to begin. Tags: countable Translations (act): alkuvalmistelu (Finnish), alustaminen [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Finnish), inicialização [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-initialization-en-noun-XwV~lkzy Disambiguation of 'act': 0 100 0
  3. (programming) An assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Programming Translations (programming: assignment of initial value of variable): 初始化 (chūshǐhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), inicializace [feminine] (Czech), alkuarvon asettaminen (Finnish), alustaminen (Finnish), initialisation [feminine] (French), Initialisierung [feminine] (German), αρχικοποίηση (archikopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), έναρξη (énarxi) [feminine] (Greek), frumstilling [feminine] (Icelandic), frumgilding [feminine] (Icelandic), inisialisasi (Indonesian), 初期化 (shokika) (alt: しょきか) (Japanese), inicialização [feminine] (Portuguese), инициализа́ция (inicializácija) [feminine] (Russian), покретање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), иницијализација [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pokretanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), inicijalizacija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ilklendirme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-initialization-en-noun-WRDnGxlj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 83 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 19 19 61 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'programming: assignment of initial value of variable': 4 4 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: initialisation (english: UK spelling) Related terms: lazy initialization

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