14 letters · 23 points in Scrabble
noun (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
originEtymology tree English initialize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English initialization From initialize + -ation.
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