Preset may refer to:
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Default (computer science)
A default, in computer science, refers to the preexisting value of a user-configurable setting that is assigned to a software application, computer program or device. Such settings are also called presets or factory presets, especially for electro ...
, a setting or value automatically assigned to a software application, computer program, ''etc''.
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Preset (electronics)
A trimmer, or preset, is a miniature adjustable electrical component. It is meant to be set correctly when installed in some device, and never seen or adjusted by the device's user. Trimmers can be variable resistors (potentiometers), variable c ...
, a variable component on a device only accessible to manufacturing or maintenance personnel
* Pre-programmed setting on various electronic products and musical instruments, including:
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Combination action
Registration is the technique of choosing and combining the stops of a pipe organ in order to produce a particular sound. ''Registration'' can also refer to a particular combination of stops, which may be recalled through combination action. The r ...
on pipe organ
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Preset button (tuner)
A tuner is a subsystem that receives radio frequency (RF) transmissions, such as FM broadcasting, and converts the selected carrier frequency and its associated bandwidth into a fixed frequency that is suitable for further processing, usuall ...
- station selectors on the tuner of radio receiver and television set
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Preset key (Hammond organ)
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...
- inverse color keys on Hammond organs, to recall pre-programmed tonewheel settings
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Preset rhythm - pre-programmed rhythm-pattern on drum machine
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Synthesizer patch
A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...
stored a pre-programmed tone
;Mathematics
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Pre-ordered set
* A set without an equivalence relation; see
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The Presets
The Presets are an Australian electronic music duo of Julian Hamilton (vocals, keyboards) and Kim Moyes (drums, keyboards). Formed in 2003 and signed to Modular Records, The Presets released two EPs ('' Blow Up'', ''Girl and the Sea'') in adva ...
- a Sydney-based Australian duo, consisting of Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes
;Schools
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Preset Pacesetters Institute, a private boarding Senior High school in Madina, Ghana
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