default

/dɪˈfɔɫt/

a preselected option adopted when no alternative is specified

default in a sentence

“Cynicism has become his default mode of thinking.”

Old French defaute fault, failure

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a trial version of software; a preliminary stage

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regarded as obsolete and best avoided

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grouping tasks to be performed together

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the process of converting information or data into a code

brute force

relying on sheer power or repetition rather than ingenuity

sandbox

an isolated environment for testing