Restore vs Initialize - What's the difference?
restore | initialize |
To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
To bring back to a previous condition or state.
* Bible, Mark iii. 5
* Prior
To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
* Bible, Genesis xx. 7
* Milton
* Dryden
To give in place of, or as restitution for.
* Bible, Exodus xxii. 1
(computing) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
(obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.
* Shakespeare
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
In computing|lang=en terms the difference between restore and initialize
is that restore is (computing) to recover (data, etc) from a backup while initialize is (computing) to prepare any hardware (such as a printer or scanner) for use.As verbs the difference between restore and initialize
is that restore is to reestablish, or bring back into existence while initialize is to assign initial values to something.As a noun restore
is (computing) the act of recovering data or a system from a backup.restore
English
Verb
(restor)- to restore harmony among those who are at variance
- He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.
- and his hand was restored whole as the other
- our fortune restored after the severest afflictions
- Now therefore restore the man his wife.
- Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
- The father banished virtue shall restore .
- He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
- But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored , and sorrows end.