Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

factory reset

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: fac-to-ry re-set
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

verb

To perform a factory reset of (a device).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."

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.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

factory resets (plural) factory resets (present, singular) factory resetting (participle, present)

Frequently Paired Words

powerwash

Synonyms

hard reset master reset

Questions

What does factory reset mean?: A process that restores an electronic device to its factory setting by erasing all user data and personalized configurations.
Where does factory reset come from?: 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.

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