There can also be a “default init file”, which is the library named ‘default.el’, found via the standard search path for libraries. The Emacs distribution contains no such library; your site may create one for local customizations. If this library exists, it is loaded whenever you start Emacs (except when you specify ‘-q’). But your init file, if any, is loaded first; if it sets ‘inhibit-default-init’ non-‘nil’, then ‘default’ is not loaded.