Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To install software on a computer or other device before selling it to a consumer.
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- verb transitive To
install (software , etc.) in advance.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr. Wang declined to name any handset makers that could preinstall the software on phones or to say when the phones could be released.
Baidu Unveils New Mobile Software Platform Owen Fletcher 2011
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Um, “preinstall” in Chinese actually means “bundle”.
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Starting April 2011, NTT Docomo said it will preinstall its phones in Japan with software that will unlock the device upon request.
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Ltd., another state-owned carrier, on Wednesday said it decided not to preinstall Google search on an Android handset manufactured by Motorola that it introduced earlier this month.
Google Weaves a Tangled Chinese Web Aaron Back 2010
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When China required that all computer manufacturers preinstall the controversial Green Dam/Youth Escort Internet filter on computers sold in China, it provoked concerted opposition from a diverse coalition of foreign governments, industry associations, civil society and Chinese netizens.
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Some software resellers would provide Tomato Garden's pirated Windows software on computer disks or would offer to preinstall the operating software on new PCs.
China Court Issues Rare Piracy Penalty to Windows Copycats 2009
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Microsoft estimates that a significant portion of users in China unknowingly use pirated versions of Windows because it is so easy for sellers to preinstall the software and then sell the PCs at lower prices.
China Court Issues Rare Piracy Penalty to Windows Copycats 2009
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But executives side-stepped plenty of other questions, ranging from when Google's instant-messaging product would be compatible with Time Warner's market-leading offering, to the economics of the newly announced deals to preinstall Google software on Dell computers.
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PapayaMobile/LG: The mobile social gaming portal, with offices in Beijing and Silicon Valley, says that has inked a deal with LG SEO: 066570 to preinstall its app on all LG Android handsets shipping in China in 2011.
Mobile Bits: Nokia @Home; PapayaMobile/LG; Play.fm - Yahoo! Finance 2011
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I'd then develop a bunch of neat applications, plumb the entire thing into webOS's App Catalog, and preinstall them on every HP desktop and laptop that the company sells.
Ars Technica Peter Bright 2011
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