Definitions

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  • verb transitive, computing To release any resources that were allocated to (some object or process) as part of initialization.

Etymologies

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de- +‎ initialize

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Examples

  • If you always wanted your scripts to automatically execute when a database is loaded and unload/deinitialize when the database is closed, then turn your script into a plugin script with just a few additional lines of code.

    Hex blog 2010

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