Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

initialization

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
ini-tial-iza-tion
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of preparing something to begin.

American usage; Uncountable

noun

An act of preparing something to begin.

American usage; Countable

noun

An assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English initialize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English initialization From initialize + -ation.

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What does initialization mean?
The process of preparing something to begin.
Where does initialization come from?
Etymology tree English initialize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English initialization From initialize + -ation.

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