uninitialized
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪnɪʃəˈlaɪzd/
- Specialized
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no inicializado
- The software requires the database to be properly initialized; otherwise, it may attempt to read uninitialized data.
Examples
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Okay, I took the drive out and put it in my SATA HDD docking station. It won't show up in my Windows Explorer, so I checked in my Device Manager. It is visible there; it reads that it is working properly and that it is uninitialized, so I can't access it to remove the files from it, nor can I see how much data is on there.
Blog text (20) -
Thus, when the red thread accesses x, it may still get the uninitialized value.
Academic text (2012) -
It is uncertain whether a reference to an uninitialized set should be considered a hit or a miss in the target system.
Academic text (2000) -
Limitations in trace collection capacity may result in a trace that, in a simulated directory, produces a comparatively large number of references to uninitialized congruence sets.
Academic text (2000) -
The disk is uninitialized, so I cannot access any of the files stored on it.
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When debugging, I realized that the variable was left uninitialized, causing the application to crash.
Synonyms
1
5.7
Not given a value in a computer program
Surface Forms
Morphology
uninitialized = initialized (transparent) = un + initialize + ed
Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'initialized' (clear negation of the base), so the meaning is directly derived though the term is technical.
Etymology
Uninitialized comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and initial meaning 'first' or 'start', and you can think of initialize as 'give a first value'. So an uninitialized variable or field is one that has not been given its first value, which is why using it can make a program crash or give unpredictable results.