presetsorting

noun

UK /ˌpriːˈsɛtˌsɔːtɪŋ/

US /ˌpriːˈsɛtˌsɔːrtɪŋ/

Presetsorting is when a computer puts things in order before you even ask.

With presetsorting turned on, the app showed my favorite songs first.

SYNONYMS

pre-arrangement preordering default sorting automatic ordering

RELATED WORDS

preset sorting filtering ranking organizing

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The act of arranging items according to a saved or default rule.

The photo gallery uses presetsorting to group pictures by date.

3. A setting that decides the order of a list before it is displayed.

You can change the presetsorting in the settings menu.

4. The result of items already being placed in a fixed order.

Thanks to presetsorting, the files were already alphabetical.