Initializer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, initializes.
  2. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From initialize + -er.

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