Most of the computer programs comes with the option of customization (i.e. change values to your requirement). Although it works correctly in many cases, sometimes it can be a problem too and often messed up the program performance. So the program providers are providing you with the 'Default' configuration or settings to tackle this problem. 'Restore defaults' means restore the program to it's original state from customized value by applying the default settings/configuration. For example, In CMOS BIOS setup, each and every option is come with the 'Restore default' option to reset the BIOS to factory condition to avoid any problems.

Answered by Nagendra , an ibibo Master, at 7:44 PM on July 12, 2008

The basic defaults is mean default & restore default means to turn it back to default.

Answered by Anup Kr , an ibibo Advisor, at 8:02 PM on June 19, 2008

A default, in computer science, refers to a setting or value automatically assigned to a software application, computer program or device, outside of user intervention. Such settings are also called presets, especially for electronic devices. The Oxford English Dictionary dates this usage to the mid-1960s, as a variant of the older meaning of "failure in performance"

Using defaults involves two goals which sometimes conflict:

* Minimal user interaction should be required. Setting defaults to the most commonly selected options serves this purpose.

* Panel entry errors should be minimized. Using defaults will tend to increase errors, as users may leave incorrect default settings selected. In cases where the value can be verified, this is not a severe problem. For example, the delivery country can be checked against the street address or postal codes and any mismatch can generate an error panel displayed to the user, who will then presumably make the correction.

In cases where there is no clear majority and the results cannot easily be verified by other available information, such as the gender of the individual, no default should be offered. Note, however, that some software applications require that default values be supplied.

Answered by shaista , an ibibo Master, at 10:35 AM on June 18, 2008

"Default" settings are those established at the factory. If you change the settings in a particular screen, "restore" changes them back to the factory settings.

Answered by banish , an ibibo Specialist, at 6:30 PM on June 17, 2008

A default, in computer science, refers to a setting or value automatically assigned to a software application, computer program or device, outside of user intervention. Such settings are also called presets, especially for electronic devices. The Oxford English Dictionary dates this usage to the mid-1960s, as a variant of the older meaning of "failure in performance"

Using defaults involves two goals which sometimes conflict:

* Minimal user interaction should be required. Setting defaults to the most commonly selected options serves this purpose.

* Panel entry errors should be minimized. Using defaults will tend to increase errors, as users may leave incorrect default settings selected. In cases where the value can be verified, this is not a severe problem. For example, the delivery country can be checked against the street address or postal codes and any mismatch can generate an error panel displayed to the user, who will then presumably make the correction.

In cases where there is no clear majority and the results cannot easily be verified by other available information, such as the gender of the individual, no default should be offered. Note, however, that some software applications require that default values be supplied.

Answered by Anju Singh , an ibibo Master, at 9:14 AM on June 17, 2008

the most used function of default is that when this particular command is activated it returns all the controls or the options back to the state as they were when the sofware was purchased

Answered by Shreshtha , an ibibo Master, at 7:32 PM on June 16, 2008

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A default, in computer science, refers to a setting or value automatically assigned to a software application, computer program or device, outside of user intervention. Such settings are also called presets, especially for electronic devices. The Oxford English Dictionary dates this usage to the mid-1960s, as a variant of the older meaning of "failure in performance"

Using defaults involves two goals which sometimes conflict:

* Minimal user interaction should be required. Setting defaults to the most commonly selected options serves this purpose.

* Panel entry errors should be minimized. Using defaults will tend to increase errors, as users may leave incorrect default settings selected. In cases where the value can be verified, this is not a severe problem. For example, the delivery country can be checked against the street address or postal codes and any mismatch can generate an error panel displayed to the user, who will then presumably make the correction.

In cases where there is no clear majority and the results cannot easily be verified by other available information, such as the gender of the individual, no default should be offered. Note, however, that some software applications require that default values be supplied.

Most languages in the C-family (but not C itself, as of ISO-C99) allow a function to have default parameters, that are used if the function is called with omitted parameter specifications.

In C and languages based on its syntax, the switch statement (which dispatches among a number of alternatives) can make use of the default keyword to provide a case for when no other case matches.

In Fortran, the INIT parameter on a declaration defines an initial default value for that variable.

Answered by jaivir , an ibibo Master, at 5:43 PM on June 16, 2008

Most of the computer programs comes with the option of customization (i.e. change values to your requirement). Although it works correctly in many cases, sometimes it can be a problem too and often messed up the program performance. So the program providers are providing you with the 'Default' configuration or settings to tackle this problem. 'Restore defaults' means restore the program to it's original state from customized value by applying the default settings/configuration. For example, In CMOS BIOS setup, each and every option is come with the 'Restore default' option to reset the BIOS to factory condition to avoid any problems.

Answered by A.R.Karthick , an ibibo Master, at 8:26 AM on June 16, 2008

A default, in computer science, refers to a setting or value automatically assigned to a software application, computer program or device, outside of user intervention. Such settings are also called presets, especially for electronic devices. The Oxford English Dictionary dates this usage to the mid-1960s, as a variant of the older meaning of "failure in performance".

Default values are generally intended to make a device (or control) usable "out of the box". A common setting, or at least a usable setting, is typically assigned.
One use of default parameters is for initial settings for application software. For example, the first time a user runs an application it may suggest that the user's delivery address is in the United States. This default might be appropriate if more users of that application were in the US than any other country. If the user selected a new country, that would override the default, and perhaps become the default for the next time the application is used on that computer or by that user. Changing the default for the next run would involve storing user info somewhere, such as in cookies on the user's computer for an Internet application.

Using defaults involves two goals which sometimes conflict:

* Minimal user interaction should be required. Setting defaults to the most commonly selected options serves this purpose.

* Panel entry errors should be minimized. Using defaults will tend to increase errors, as users may leave incorrect default settings selected. In cases where the value can be verified, this is not a severe problem. For example, the delivery country can be checked against the street address or postal codes and any mismatch can generate an error panel displayed to the user, who will then presumably make the correction.

In cases where there is no clear majority and the results cannot easily be verified by other available information, such as the gender of the individual, no default should be offered. Note, however, that some software applications require that default values be supplied.

Answered by Gyan Singh , an ibibo Master, at 1:47 PM on June 15, 2008

Default technically means "What U get if U choose Nothing".
The settings that are set by the manufacturer is known as default settings.

RESTORE defaults caneclls all the changes made by u and sets it back to the settings done by the manufacturer.

Answered by Point , an ibibo Master, at 1:31 PM on June 15, 2008