"soft reset" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soft resets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soft reset (plural soft resets)
  1. (computing) A process of restarting an electronic device without diminishing its power, typically by using the device's built-in restart function. Coordinate_terms: hard reset
    Sense id: en-soft_reset-en-noun-z3HOpoAp Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

Forms: soft resets [present, singular, third-person], soft resetting [participle, present], soft reset [participle, past], soft reset [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ting|~}} soft reset (third-person singular simple present soft resets, present participle soft resetting, simple past and past participle soft reset)
  1. (computing, transitive) To perform a soft reset. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-soft_reset-en-verb-EiYopCGw Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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