Meaning | (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position. |
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Synonyms | low-level formatting, initialisation |
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Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
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Broader | format, formatting, data format, data formatting | The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) |
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Spanish | inicialización |
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Catalan | format de baix nivell, inicialització |
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Verbs | initialize | divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data |
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initialize | assign an initial value to a computer program |