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Digital/TEC definition

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Jailbreak

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Something which people can do to their phones (often, but not always, the iPhone iOS) which unlocks the phone so that it can do things which the manufacturer does not permit the phone to do. Jailbreaking is closely related to rooting and cracking.

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