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initializer en · NOUN

Etymology

From initialize + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who, or that which, initializes.
  2. One who, or that which, initializes. ▸ A routine that prepares something for use.
    • Since C++11, the auto keyword is used to tell the compiler to deduce the actual type of a variable that is being declared from its initializer. 2017, Wisnu Anggoro, Learning C++ Functional Programming, page 8:

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initializers Number=Plur lexicographic
initialiser alternative lexicographic