Meaning of por defecto

por defecto: Bad translation from the English " by default " , which in Spanish is more like " default ". It is the way that it behaves a product, equipment or system according to its creator when not explicitly changed their operating parameters. This is what we called in the past " factory. . . ( makes such thing ) ".; To make approximations is made by excess or default. Intends to reach the nearest closed or exact number, in such a way that if the fraction is greater than five point ( 0. 5 ) Gets the note or average and is called excess. On the contrary, if the fraction is less than five point ( 0. 5 ) He gets by default. It is lower the note when the fraction of the average is less than 0, 5. It is made to avoid giving annotations or averages to many decimal places. Detriment.; Modal adverbial phrase mostly used in computer and Technological Sciences with the sense of automatically, if not choose another option. It expresses a mode preset proceed if we do not want anything else. The option in question comes default with some interested end or attending what they usually make most users, unless we want to change it.