Ab initio

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The Latin term ab initio means from the beginning and is used in several contexts:

• Marriages annulled under the Catholic Church are considered as ab initio, meaning that the marriage was invalid from the beginning. See Annullment.
• ab initio quantum chemistry methods, chemistry term sometimes abbreviated to ab initio
• Ab Initio is an extract, transform, load tool used to manipulate data in computing

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