1. past tense and past participle of initialise; to set something up or prepare it for use, especially by setting variables or systems to their starting values
Usage: British English spelling (American English: initialized); commonly used in computing and programming contexts

Examples

• The programmer initialised all variables before running the code.
• The system was initialised with default settings.
• She initialised the database to prepare it for the new application.
• Once the device was initialised, it was ready to use.
• The team initialised the project by setting clear goals and timelines.
• The software initialised successfully without any errors.