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1.
Computers
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a.
built into a computer's hardware and thus not readily changed.
b.
(of a terminal) connected to a computer by a direct circuit rather than through a switching network.
2.
(of electrical or electronic components) connected by hardwiring.
3.
pertaining to or being an intrinsic and relatively unmodifiable behavior pattern:
Every cricket has a hard-wired pattern of chirps.
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hardwired.
Origin:
1970–75
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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