1. The condition or configuration of something at the beginning, before any changes or operations are applied
The initial state of the system was set to zero before running the experiment.
O estado inicial do sistema foi definido como zero antes de executar o experimento.
2. In computing and mathematics, the starting point or configuration of a process, program, or equation
We must specify the initial state before executing the algorithm.
Devemos especificar o estado inicial antes de executar o algoritmo.