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Reinitialize vs Deinitialize - What's the difference?

reinitialize | deinitialize |

As verbs the difference between reinitialize and deinitialize

is that reinitialize is to initialize again while deinitialize is (computing) to release any resources that were allocated to (some object or process) as part of initialization.

reinitialize

English

Alternative forms

* reinitialise

Verb

(reinitializ)
  • To initialize again.

    • Derived terms

    * reinitialization

    deinitialize

    English

    Verb

    (deinitializ)
  • (computing) To release any resources that were allocated to (some object or process) as part of initialization.

    • Derived terms

    * deinitialization