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Initialize vs Initialized - What's the difference?

initialize | initialized |

As verbs the difference between initialize and initialized

is that initialize is to assign initial values to something while initialized is past tense of initialize.

initialize

English

Alternative forms

* initialise

Verb

  • To assign initial values to something
  • (computing) To assign an initial value to a variable
  • (computing) To format a storage medium prior to use
  • (computing) To prepare any hardware (such as a printer or scanner) for use

    • initialized

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (initialize)

    • initialize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * initialise

    Verb

  • To assign initial values to something
  • (computing) To assign an initial value to a variable
  • (computing) To format a storage medium prior to use
  • (computing) To prepare any hardware (such as a printer or scanner) for use