Definitions
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- verb transitive, computing To release any
resources that wereallocated to (some object or process) as part ofinitialization .
Etymologies
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de- + initialize
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Examples
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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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