jailbreak
IPA: dʒˈeɪɫbreɪk
noun
- An escape from prison.
- (computing) A modification to the firmware of an electronic device (typically a mobile phone or tablet) to allow the installation and use of software not officially supported by the device's manufacturer.
- (artificial intelligence) A prompt to a large language model which frees it from its ethical restrictions.
verb
- To escape from prison.
- (transitive, computing) To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software.
- (artificial intelligence) To free a large language model from its ethical restrictions using prompt injection.
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Examples of "jailbreak" in Sentences
- Another trip to Santa Anita Derby was known as the jailbreak year.
- The jailbreak is the second major escape from the prison in three years.
- For Android phones, you just have to root aka jailbreak the device with a tool called
- JailbreakMe 2.0 will "jailbreak" - unlock from restrictions imposed by the manufacturer - the
- As a matter of fact, an iPhone after a jailbreak is a great eBook reader, and it does all sorts of other useful things.
- In technical terms, to jailbreak is to enable a device to run code, meaning programs or system modifications, that hasn't been sanctioned by Apple.
- To secure a pliable news staff, he led what he called a "jailbreak" from his old employers, NBC, bringing dozens of top staffers with him to Fox News.
- Apple has been fighting so-called jailbreak hackers - hackers who bust through the Apple operating system OS in order to install programs illegally on the iPhone - in order to avoid malware.
- The effort to reassure people with the captures failed to instill much confidence, and the most immediate fallout of the jailbreak was a mounting sense among Afghans that government corruption, incompetence and complacency were as much to blame as the Taliban.
- And, really, if terrorists on the outside could help perform some jailbreak from a Supermax Prison or from Ft. Leavenworth, they could also commit a horrifying and staggering act of terrorism, and my bet is, given that capacity, they’d skip busting anybody out.
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