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Noun: initialization
  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
    - low-level formatting, initialisation [Brit]

Derived forms: initializations

See also: initialize

Type of: data format, data formatting, format, formatting

Encyclopedia: Initialization