Reset vs Reload - What's the difference?
reset | reload |
To set back to the initial state.
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, title= To set to zero.
To adjust again after an initial failure.
An act of resetting to the initial state
Setting to zero
Something that is reset
A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something.
(typography) That which is reset; printed matter set up again.
(Scots law) the crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw.
reset]
To load (something) again
(computing) To refresh a copy of a program in memory or of a web page on screen
(firearms) to make one's own cartridges using spent (or new) cases and new powder, primer, and bullet/shot.
As a noun reset
is a button that resets a device, often a computer.As a verb reload is
to load (something) again.reset
English
Etymology 1
Verb
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