initialise
<programming> To give a variable its first value. This may be done
automatically by some languages or it may require explicit code by the
programmer. Some languages allow initialisation to be combined with variable
definition, e.g. in C:
int i = 0;
Failing to initialise a variable before using it is a common programming
error, but one which compilers and automatic
checkers like lint can easily detect.
(1997-06-08)
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