initialization

• Sustantivo que designa el proceso de preparar un disco duro u otro soporte mediante el formateo de sus sectores para que el sistema operativo pueda acceder a ellos, así como el establecimiento de la posición inicial o configuración previa de un sistema o variable; también se refiere al acto de poner en marcha o iniciar un proceso.

A noun referring to the process of preparing a hard disk drive by formatting its sectors so that the operating system can access them, and setting a starting position.

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1. Disk formattingB2formalIT

   The process of preparing a hard disk drive by formatting its sectors so that the operating system can read and write data to it, including setting a starting position.

   Formateo de disco

   • The initialization of the new hard drive took several minutes.
   • Before using the disk, you must perform a full initialization.
   • The system failed during the initialization of the storage device.

   Sinónimosformatformattinglow-level formatting

2. System startupB2formalIT

   The process of setting a system or program to a starting state, preparing it for operation.

   inicialización del sistema

   • The software initialization begins when you press the power button.
   • During initialization, the program loads its configuration files.
   • The initialization sequence must complete before the application is ready.

   Sinónimosbootbootstraplaunchstartup