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kill switch
[ kil swich ]
noun
- a button, switch, or other mechanism that allows a machine to be shut down immediately:
Only use the kill switch in emergencies.
- Digital Technology. a command deployed to remotely lock, disable, or wipe an electronic device, as when the device is lost or stolen.
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Origin of kill switch1
Example Sentences
It would have forced developers to ensure their technology included a so-called "kill switch".
A kill switch would allow organisations to isolate and effectively switch off AI systems if they were they became a threat.
But it also shared a bit of a bombshell in its filing: The company said it had agreed to offer the U.S. government a kill switch that would shut off the app if it violates terms of a draft national security agreement.
To save Rocket, the Guardians must override a kill switch implanted inside him with a pass key that’s located on the Orgoscope, a bio-formed space station composed of bones, flesh and fat.
Malaysia introduced the kill switch measure recently after a controversy sparked by British band The 1975 in Kuala Lumpur in July.
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