factory reset

noun

Etymology

So called because such a reset would revert a device back to its original state, as it would have been when it was assembled in a factory.

Definitions

  1. A process that restores an electronic device to its factory setting by erasing all user…

    A process that restores an electronic device to its factory setting by erasing all user data and personalized configurations.

    • A factory reset returns your Android device to “out of the box” condition. It deletes all user data and settings.
    • Even so, Ms. Rogers contended that Ms. Patterson’s guilt was apparent in the various layers of deception in which she’d engaged[…]. She also forced a factory reset on her phone multiple times, according to testimony.
  2. To perform a factory reset of (a device).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for factory reset. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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