Definitions for "finalize"
to put the last touches on; put into final form.
When conducting multi session recording, this means the closing of a session (fixing) by indicating the halting of writing so as to prevent the addition of any more sessions.
make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"
finalize is not actually a Java keyword, but a reserved method name. The finalizer is called when an object is no longer being used (i.e., when there are no further references to it), but before the object's memory is actually reclaimed by the system. A finalizer should perform cleanup tasks and free system resources not handled by Java's garbage-collection system.