factory reset

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|computing|computer hardware}} A [[process]] that [[restore]]s an [[electronic]] [[device]] to its [[factory setting]] by [[erase|erasing]] all [[user]] [[data]] and [[personalize]]d [[configuration]]s.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|computing|transitive}} To [[perform]] a factory reset of (a device).

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