( from which word the word is derived ) SETEAR Americanism derived from the English verb TO SET which has multiple meanings, among which are 1. Fix 2 . Set 3 . Determine 4 . Place. It becomes more specific when it is set with a preset, such as set on , turn on, activate, turn on and set off , turn off , extinguish , close. It is widely used in computer science, with the sense of setting parameters, variables and starting conditions of a computer, operating system, application. RESET, similarly, means and consists of re-creating a computer with the original parameters, discarding modifications