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How to pronounce “initialize”

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Pronunciation guide for initialize

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of initialize with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Jeff Dean: AI isn't as smart as you think -- but it could beyou need to initialize the weights with random values,
Definition summary: To assign initial values to something.

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Jeff Dean: AI isn't as smart as you think -- but it could be

you need to initialize the weights with random values,

[Verb]
To assign initial values to something.
(computing) To assign an initial value to a variable.
(computing) To format a storage medium prior to use.
(computing) To prepare any hardware (such as a printer or scanner) for use.
(somewhat dated) To reduce (a phrase) to an initialism, or a word to its initial.

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