initializer

English

Etymology

From initialize +‎ -er.

Noun

initializer (plural initializers)

1. One who, or that which, initializes.
   1. (programming) A routine that prepares something for use.
      • 2017, Wisnu Anggoro, Learning C++ Functional Programming, page 8:

        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.

Alternative forms

• initialiser