initiator

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

initiator
    n 1: a person who initiates a course of action [syn:
         {instigator}, {initiator}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Initiator \In*i"ti*a`tor\, n. [L.]
   One who initiates.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

SCSI initiator
initiator

   <hardware> A device that begins a {SCSI} transaction by
   issuing a command to another device (the {SCSI target}),
   giving it a task to perform.  Typically a SCSI host adapter is
   the initiator but targets may also become initiators.

   (1999-02-10)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "initiator":
      ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author,
      begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, constructor, craftsman,
      creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer,
      engineer, executor, executrix, father, founder, generator, grower,
      inaugurator, industrialist, instigator, institutor, introducer,
      inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master,
      master craftsman, mother, organizer, originator, past master,
      planner, precursor, prime mover, producer, raiser, realizer,
      shaper, sire, smith, wright

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