📒 what happens or appears if you do not make any other choice or change, especially in a computer program
📒 failure to do something that must be done by law, especially paying a debt
📒 a game or competition can be won by default if there are no other people, teams, etc. taking part
📒 if something happens by default, it happens because you have not made any other decision or choices that would make things happen in a different way
📒 because of a lack of something