defaults
Fails to repay
Defaults are preset values or conditions that apply when no alternative is specified: The software's defaults work fine for most users.
To default is to fail to meet an obligation, especially a financial one: They defaulted on the loan.
In computing, default settings represent baseline configurations.
In law, to win by default means the opposing party failed to appear or respond.
Configured before use
- configurationArrangement of parts
- parametersDefined boundaries or constraints
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- preferencesFavored options among alternatives
factory · reset · setup · customization · adjustments · specifications · calibration · restore
Failure to attend
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- forfeitLose through violation
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- rulingFormal legal determination
loss · penalty · obligation · breach · liability · debtor · creditor · repossession
Standard for comparison
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- criterionStandard for judgment
- yardstickThirty-six-inch ruler
measure · norm · guideline · anchor · baseline · threshold · control · comparison
Stored duplicate for recovery
- contingencyUncertain possible event
- failsafeAutomatic protective default
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- reserveSupply kept back
alternative · substitute · redundancy · secondary · automatic · reversion · emergency · failover
preset
Configured before use
- configurationArrangement of parts
- parametersDefined boundaries or constraints
- optionsAvailable courses of action
preferences · factory · reset · setup · customization · adjustments · specifications · calibration · restore · revert
nonappearance
Failure to attend
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- forfeitLose through violation
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
ruling · loss · penalty · obligation · breach · liability · debtor · creditor · repossession · foreclosure
benchmark
Standard for comparison
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- criterionStandard for judgment
yardstick · measure · norm · guideline · anchor · baseline · threshold · control · comparison · foundation
backup
Stored duplicate for recovery
- contingencyUncertain possible event
- failsafeAutomatic protective default
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
reserve · alternative · substitute · redundancy · secondary · automatic · reversion · emergency · failover · catchall
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
archetype · framework · boilerplate · schema · format · layout · design · outline · structure · rubric
- Timesaversshortcut, shortcuts, quick fix, autopay, autofill
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- settingssetting, settings, template, configure, privacy settings
- UI/UXUI, UX, wireframes, wireframe, mockups
- Mount Optionsauto, exec, dev, user, users
- debtscredit card debt, car loan, student loan, loans, bank loan
- by defaultAbsent alternative intervention
- default valueAutomatic initial setting
- default settingsOriginal factory configuration
- default apps
- loan defaultFailure to repay debt
- default passwordPreconfigured authentication string