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initialize

To start anew, which typically involves clearing all or some part of memory or disk.


initialize [i′nish·ə‚līz]
(computer science)
To set counters, switches, and addresses to zero or other starting values at the beginning of, or at prescribed points in, a computer routine.
To begin an operation, and more specifically, to adjust the environment to the required starting configuration.


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The study consisted of enhancing the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS) diagnostic analyses by using local mesonets, and then using these to locally initialize a mesoscale model.
It can be used to initialize drives, create and delete partitions and securely erase them.
With the introduction of DFCS, the battery only requires survey control points to initialize the system.
 
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