Initialise vs Initialize - What's the difference?

initialise | initialize | Alternative forms |

Initialize is a alternative form of initialise.

As verbs the difference between initialise and initialize

is that initialise is standard spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling|initialize|lang=en while initialize is to assign initial values to something.

initialise

English

Verb

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initialize

English

Alternative forms

* initialise

Verb

To assign initial values to something

(computing) To assign an initial value to a variable

(computing) To format a storage medium prior to use

(computing) To prepare any hardware (such as a printer or scanner) for use