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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reset.

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Examples

  • The peak in resets equals neither the peak in defaults nor foreclosures; that may have to wait until the end of the year or the beginning of 2009.

    Canadian Silver Bug- Friday files Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2008

  • The peak in resets equals neither the peak in defaults nor foreclosures; that may have to wait until the end of the year or the beginning of 2009.

    Archive 2008-04-27 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2008

  • "It looks like they are moving that way, with things like Online Desktop Manager, which could help IT if it lets users do self help, like password resets, which is a big source of IT calls."

    SearchWinIT: News on enterprise Windows platforms and applications 2009

  • MSNBC points out that the ubiquity of sites like Facebook and Myspace have rendered password resets based on personal questions dangerously insecure:

    ‘Forget Your Password?’ May Be The Weakest Link | Disinformation 2008

  • We provide complete support services for the most common end user problems – Hardware (desktop/notebook/peripheral) diagnosis and deskside team coordination Operating systems Shrink-wrapped applications Departmental/business applications E-mail Network connectivity and navigation Basic network administration (i.e. password resets, account maintenance, etc.)

    Z-Index Technologies Pvt. Ltd.| Hardware and Software Support | TECHNOLOGY NEWS 2010

  • They said that they noticed that one of the many companies, they say, "As soon as we learned of the attack, we forced password resets on the affected accounts."

    CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2009 2009

  • They say as soon as we learned about this attack and they calling it a phishing scam, they say we forced password resets on the affected accounts.

    CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2009 2009

  • Orbis uses a combination of the second and third, we don't gather any personal information except an optional email address for password resets, it's not part of the default signup, and we file COPPA sheets on anyone under 13 and wants to register an email address.

    KidSpace Stamp 2007

  • From there, passwords from VPN access or e-mail accounts can be further used to gain more passwords, or e-mail accounts can be used to request password resets for a number of online services.

    Ars Technica Chris Foresman 2011

  • The site has streamlined a system that carefully picks off reports of problems, such as password resets and wonky profile pictures, while sending a report in two clicks.

    Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Jemima Kiss 2010

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