initialise : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: initialise	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for initialise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
initialise v assign an initial value to a computer program [syn: initialize, initialise] divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!" Synonym(s): format, initialize, initialise
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
initialise To give a {variable} its first value. This may be done automatically by some languages or it may require explicit code by the programmer. Some languages allow initialisation to be combined with variable definition, e.g. in {C}: int i = 0; Failing to initialise a variable before using it is a common programming error, but one which compilers and automatic checkers like {lint} can easily detect. (1997-06-08)