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1. An escape from jail
   "the jailbreak was carefully planned";
   - break, breakout, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
    
2. (computing) the removal of security locks from an electronic device

1. (technology) bypass digital rights management or file protection systems, for example to allow any code to be run on a previously restricted device
   "The recent firmware update has been jailbroken today"

Derived forms: jailbroke, jailbreaking, jailbroken, jailbreaks

Type of: escape, flight, remotion, removal

Encyclopedia: Jailbreak