initialized
Made ready first
Initialized means set to a starting state or prepared for use.
In computing, to initialize a variable is to assign it an initial value; to initialize a drive is to format it for first use.
More broadly, anything initialized has been made ready to begin: The system initialized and displayed the welcome screen.
The past tense of initialize.
Set up systematically
- preparedMade ready beforehand
- provisionedSupplied with necessities
- establishedFormally set up
- arrangedPut into order
structured · organized · formatted · calibrated · primed · readied · loaded · instantiated
Initializing a computer system
- startupNew business enterprise
- boot sequenceComputer startup process
- BIOSBoot-up initialization firmware
- UEFIFirmware interface for booting
POST · kernel · drivers · firmware · operating system · memory test · configuration · system check
configured
Set up systematically
- preparedMade ready beforehand
- provisionedSupplied with necessities
- establishedFormally set up
arranged · structured · organized · formatted · calibrated · primed · readied · loaded · instantiated · allocated
started
Put into action
inception · genesis · origin · outset · dawn · infancy · nascent · inaugural · debut · threshold
booting
Initializing a computer system
- startupNew business enterprise
- boot sequenceComputer startup process
- BIOSBoot-up initialization firmware
UEFI · POST · kernel · drivers · firmware · operating system · memory test · configuration · system check · login
zeroed
Set to naught
default · baseline · clean · pristine · fresh · cleared · null · unset · virgin · original
initializeduninitialized
Not given initial value
unset · undefined · unconfigured · null · unprepared
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