initialization

Noun
  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 (synset 106649875)
    referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
    is a type of: data format, data formatting, format, formatting - the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
    same as: initialisation, low-level formatting

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