hard-wired
or hard·wired
[ hahrd-wahyuh rd ]
/ ˈhɑrdˈwaɪərd /
adjective
Computers.
- built into a computer's hardware and thus not readily changed.
- (of a terminal) connected to a computer by a direct circuit rather than through a switching network.
(of electrical or electronic components) connected by hardwiring.
pertaining to or being an intrinsic and relatively unmodifiable behavior pattern: Every cricket has a hard-wired pattern of chirps.
Origin of hard-wired
First recorded in 1970–75
Words nearby hard-wired
hard-shell crab,
hard-spun,
hard-surface,
hard-ticket,
hard-wearing,
hard-wired,
hard-working,
hardanger,
hardback,
hardbake,
hardball
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British Dictionary definitions for hard-wired
hard-wired
adjective
(of a circuit or instruction) permanently wired into a computer, replacing separate software
(of human behaviour) innate; not learned
humans have a hard-wired ability for acquiring language