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Toon Moene wrote:
> 
> David Kastrup <dak@mailhost.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote:
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> > I suggest you look "default" up in a dictionary.  This does not change
> > the default save format, but saves a single file with a different
> > format.
> 
> Be careful of what you're asking for - you might get it:
> 
> Webster's Ninth Collegiate:
> 
> 1de�fault \di-'fo�lt\ n
> [ME defaute, defaulte, fr. OF defaute, fr. (assumed) VL defallita, fr. fem.
> of defallitus, pp. of defallere to be lacking, fail, fr. L de- + fallere to
> deceive � more at FAIL]
> (13c)
> 1: failure to do something required by duty or law: NEGLECT
> 2 archaic: FAULT
> 3: a failure to pay financial debts
> 4a: failure to appear at the required time in a legal proceeding
> b: failure to compete in or to finish an appointed contest
> � in default of: in the absence of
> 
> Note: It's a noun, not an adjective, as "the default save format" seems to
> imply:  That's a neologism from the computer era.
> 
Well, I got this dictionary with Microsoft Works/Bookshelf, and it sez:
(N.B. 1, 4)

default

default (d�-f�lt�) noun
1.	Failure to perform a task or fulfill an obligation, especially
failure to meet a financial obligation: in default on a loan.
2.	Law. Failure to make a required court appearance.
3.	The failure of one or more competitors or teams to participate in a
contest: won the championship by default.
4.	Computer Science. A particular value for a variable that is assigned
automatically by an operating system and remains in effect unless
canceled or overridden by the operator.

verb
defaulted, defaulting, defaults verb, intransitive
1.	a. To fail to do what is required. b. To fail to pay money when it is
due.
2.	Law. a. To fail to appear in court when summoned. b. To lose a case
by not appearing.
3.	To fail to take part in or complete a scheduled contest.

verb, transitive
1.	To fail to perform or pay.
2.	Law. To lose (a case) by failing to appear in court.
3.	To fail to take part in or complete (a contest, for example).

- idiom.
in default of
Through the failure, absence, or lack of.

 [Middle English defaute, from Old French, from past participle of
defaillir, to fail, grow weak : de-, intensive pref.. See de- + faillir.
See fail.]
- default�er noun

The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
copyright � 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version
licensed from INSO Corporation. All rights reserved.
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