Preset

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Preset may mean (1) set in advance, or, (2) set as a default.

1. set in advance

• Presets, (possibly multiple) setting assigned to electric/electronic devices in factories
  • Pre-programmed setting on electronic musical instruments, including preset-synthesizer patch, preset keys on Hammond organ, and preset rhythm on drum machines, etc. See also Combination action on pipe organ.
  • One of a locations where radio frequency was stored on a radio tuner
• Preset or pre-set, adjustment of cutting tools off line or out of a machine

2. set as a default

• Default (computer science), a setting or value automatically assigned to a software application, computer program, etc.

Other uses

Mathematics

• Pre-ordered set
• A set without an equivalence relation; see preset in nLab

Music

• PRESET, a rock band from Seattle, Washington
• The Presets - a Sydney-based Australian duo, consisting of Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes

Schools

• Preset Pacesetters Institute, a private boarding Senior High school in Madina, Ghana