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jailbreak
[ jeyl-breyk ]
noun
- an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
- Digital Technology.
- an instance of gaining access to the operating system of a smartphone, tablet, etc., especially one manufactured by Apple.
- a software program or piece of hardware used to accomplish this:
You'll need a jailbreak to run unauthorized apps.
- an instance of circumventing restrictions on access to any computer system or digital content.
verb (used with object)
- Digital Technology. to gain access to the operating system of (a smartphone, tablet, etc., especially an Apple device), usually in order to run modified or unauthorized software. Compare root 1( def 22a ).
verb (used without object)
- Digital Technology. to engage in this practice: Compare root 1( def 24 ).
Manufacturers are trying to prevent jailbreaking.
jailbreak
/ ˈdʒeɪlˌbreɪk /
noun
- Alsogaolbreak an escape from jail
Word History and Origins
Origin of jailbreak1
Example Sentences
“We’re not against the people, only the government. The jailbreak is part of our protest.”
The jail, which was built in the 1950s, has a capacity for 1,500 inmates, but before this month's attempted jailbreak it was holding at least 12,000 people, according to various estimates.
A manhunt is underway for a convict whose brazen and deadly jailbreak shocked the country.
“It’s an arms race, and it seems that whenever somebody comes up with a guardrail, someone else figures out how to jailbreak,” Mr. Etzioni said.
Peru’s last dictator, Alberto Fujimori, has pulled off a jailbreak years in the making — not by tunneling his way out of prison but by the graces of the country’s highest court.
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