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Jailbreak

Vangie Beal
Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:46 am

Slang term used to describe the action of gaining access to an iPhone’s private file system to override some of the device’s restrictions. Jailbreakingalso enables an iPhone user to install third-party applications.

See also “iPhone and iPhone 3G b . What’s The Difference?” in Webopedia’s Did You Know…? section.