From Longman Business Dictionaryinitializei‧ni‧tial‧ize /ɪˈnɪʃəlaɪz/ (also initialise British English) verb [intransitive, transitive]COMPUTING1if a computer initializes or is initialized, certain important programs are prepared so that it can start running2if you initialize a disk or if a disk initializes, you divide it into parts so that it can store informationSYNFORMAT
