to init
- verb
- /ɪˈnɪt/
- Specialized
- After you init the program, make sure to save your settings to avoid losing them.
Examples
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Before and after that, I had tried to boot to init 1 or init 3 when I realized (reading the wiki, seeking information) that the init levels have been removed!
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Post your code for creating items and adding them to the array, though. If you init, add to the array, and then *don't* release right away, then your items will have too many retains.
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Anything but that ability to initiate contact professionally, personally, whatever it is, I think it's fundamental to success.
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The CRH, basically what happens is this initiates your stress response and there's a cascade of events that take place.
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To use the new software, you need to init the system before launching it.
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The technician will init the device to ensure it operates correctly.
Synonyms
Turn on a computer or other device so it starts working
To make a machine or system begin to work
To start a computer and load its operating system
Start a computer's operating system so it can run
Start a computer system or service so it is ready to use
To prepare a disk or drive for use by erasing old files and making it ready to store data
Start a computer by loading the program that runs it
Surface Forms
Etymology
Init as a verb is short for initialize and comes from the Latin initium meaning 'beginning', much like the familiar word initiate. So to init something is to start it or set it up.