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lazy initialization

lazy initialization is the alternative spelling of lazy initialisation.

Meaning of lazy initialisation

Noun

lazy initialisation (countable and uncountable, plural lazy initialisations)

  1. A creational design pattern that uses the tactic of delaying an expensive process, like the creation of an object, until the first time it is needed.

Forms of lazy initialization

plurallazy initializations

Questions about lazy initialization

What is lazy initialization the alternative spelling of?
Lazy initialization is the alternative spelling of lazy initialisation.

Words near lazy initialization in the dictionary

  1. lazy eyes
  2. lazy girl job
  3. lazy girl jobs
  4. lazy initialisation
  5. lazy initialisations
  6. lazy initialization
  7. lazy initializations
  8. lazy jack
  9. lazy jacks
  10. lazy Kate
  11. lazy Kates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lazy initialization (page history and authors); lazy initialisation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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