Definition of "initializer"

One who, or that which, initializes.

1. (programming) A routine that prepares something for use.  quotations  examples

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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.

     2017, Wisnu Anggoro, Learning C++ Functional Programming, page 8