| Subject | English | German |
| tech. | automaton with fixed initial state | initialer Automat |
| el. | energy of the initial state | Energie des Grundzustands |
| econ. | initial state | Anfangsstadium |
| gen. | initial state | Grundstellung |
| tech. | initial state | Ausgangszustand |
| el. | initial state | Anfangszustand |
| IT | initial state | Problemzustand |
| comp., MS | initial state | Anfangszustand (In a statechart or activity diagram, a representation of the starting point of an object before any events included in the diagram have acted upon it. An initial state is indicated by a solid filled circle) |
| tech. | initial state | Ausgangsstellung |
| opt. | initial state | Anfangsterm |
| nat.res. | initial state | Initialstadium |
| AI. | initial state | Startzustand |
| transp., el. | initial state restored by short circuiting | Widerherstellbarkeit des Anfangszustandes durch Kurzschließen |