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hard-wired

  [hahrd-wahyuhrd]
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–adjective
1. Computers.
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.
Also, hardwired.

Origin:
1970–75
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hard-wire   (härd'wīr')
tr.v.   hard-wired, hard-wir·ing, hard-wires

  1. To connect (electronic components, for example) by electrical wires or cables.

  2. To implement (a capability) through logic circuitry that is permanently connected within a computer and therefore not subject to change by programming.

  3. To determine or put into effect by physiological or neurological mechanisms; make automatic or innate: "It may be that certain orders of anxiety are hard-wired in us" (Armand Schwerner).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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hard-wired
1. An aspect of an electronic circuit which is determined by the wiring of the hardware, as opposed to being programmable in software or controlled by a switch.
2. In software, a synonym for hard-coded.
3. By extension, anything that is not modifiable, especially in the sense of customisable to one's particular needs or tastes.
[The Jargon File]
(1999-10-18)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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