initializations

System startup routines

Initializations are acts of setting something to its starting state or beginning conditions.

In computing, initialization prepares a program, variable, or system for use by assigning default values: The software crashed during initializations.

More broadly, any process of establishing initial parameters: Factory initializations restored the device to its original settings.

computing

declaration

Formal public announcement

allocate · memory · configuration · setup · bootstrap · zeroing · defaults · parameters · variables · objects

beginning

genesis

Point of creation

dawn · origin · foundation · infancy · threshold · inauguration · launch · kickoff · onset · birth

startup

entrepreneurship

Creating and managing ventures

accelerator · bootstrap · angel · seed · pitch · innovation · disruption · founder · cofounder · launch

Opposites
system lifecycle phase

initializationsshutdowns

Cessation of operations

terminations · finalizations · teardowns · closures · destructions

data/state condition

initializationscorruptions

Debasements of purity

erasures · wipes · clears · resets · deletions

data/variable state

initializationsdeletions

Acts of removing content

destructions · clearings · resets · disposals · garbage collections

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