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Housekeeping operation
A computer operation that establishes or reestablishes a set of initial conditions to facilitate the execution of a computer program; for 'example, initializing storage areas, clearing flags, rewinding tapes, opening and closing files.
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- Category: Software engineering
- Organization: IEEE Computer Society
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