Category:Initialization

Tasks in this category demonstrate various initialization techniques.

Overview of initialization

The initialization stage consists of a set of early steps (or substages) that a computer application program performs to prepare itself for basic operation. A computer programmer may use a basic template that contains the initialization code for the program.

Substages of initialization

The initialization substages of a program includes:

• Population of variables with default values
• Preliminary system checks
• Interpretation of command line parameters
• Consideration of the environment
• Processing of the configuration files
• Memory and resource reservation
• Service registration
• Secondary system checks
• Freeing the initialization code segment