initiative

(n) Responding to peer pressure before your peers are there to pressure you.

The chalupa had been in the fridge for several days; Mike took initiative and ate it for lunch.

by jim bob rad September 3, 2009

screw that initiative

To bluntly refuse to start to do an action.

(To refuse to begin another action)

Should I try the French blend? Nah, screw that initiative. I'll go with my regular blend.

"We should go to the mall first." "Screw that initiative."

by Kibzok November 11, 2008

Initialization Vectors

In cryptography, an initialization vector (IV) is a block of bits that is required to allow a stream cipher or a block cipher to be executed in any of several streaming modes of operation to produce a unique stream independent from other streams produced by the same encryption key, without having to go through a (usually lengthy) re-keying process.

IV's are commonly referred to in wireless network hacking, more specifically WEP hacking, where a hacker fakes association with a wireless access point and generates IV's that are used to crack the WEP key of the network.

I only needed 40000 Initialization Vectors to crack the WEP key of my neighbor's wireless.

by sniperowns October 4, 2008

Myst Island Recreation Initiative

or Myst Island Re-creation Iniatiative or MIRI

A group of Myst series fans dedictated to the recreation of Myst Island in real life.

Christoph Bieler is a founding member of the Myst Island Recreation Initiative.

by Greg Morris December 29, 2003

initialization

(NOUN): When you start writing someone's initials -most commonly your soon-to-be (hopefully) significant other- all over your personal property, and sometimes on others' personal property. Also, can be posted on social networking sites on your status (myspace, facebook, etc.) and make its way into the margin of your tests, quizzes, notes, worksheets, etc.

"So, today I wrote your initials on the front of my science binder."

"Oh no! You've reached initialization!"

by xxxpartyqueenxxx March 29, 2010

Faith-based Initiative

An underfunded or unfunded initiative or program set forth by the current bush administration where the recipients would be better off praying for results than to expect them to come from the program.

The bush administration announced their new faith-based initiative, a health insurance program - where participants are to pray to God they don't get sick.

by Bo Dizzle September 16, 2008

The Tom Perkins Initiative

A post recession initiative set out by the 1% lead by Tom Perkins. With a net worth of over $8 Billion and growing, Tom has set out to save the 1% by declaring that the richest 1% are more equal than the rest of the 99%. Therefore, a person paying their fair share of taxes should get that equally in votes. Thus, eroding any opportunity of an American Dream and deeming the rest of the 99% unimportant. Some theories around the Initiative of the 1% are giving Tom Perkins all the money in the world and have him playfully wave it in the presence of starving children while dropping off the worlds currency to other billionaires who follow in his footsteps. Tom has devoted his life to money and feels that the Initiative to save the 1% ties in to how valued you are as a human being.

Person A: It's crazy to see in the future that there are less and less scientists and more and more McDonalds factory workers making ends meat.

Person B: True. The news just wrote a story about The Tom Perkins Initiative and it's role in turning all College Institutions in the last 30 years into Corporations to enhance shareholder value.

by oj.did.itzzz February 22, 2014