hard-wired

American  

[hahrd-wahyuhrd] / ˈhɑrdˈwaɪərd /

Or hardwired

adjective

1. Computers.

   1. built into a computer's hardware and thus not readily changed.

   2. (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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hard-wired British  

adjective

1. (of a circuit or instruction) permanently wired into a computer, replacing separate software

2. (of human behaviour) innate; not learned

   humans have a hard-wired ability for acquiring language

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Etymology

Origin of hard-wired

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

By leaving our bubbles, we widen our perspectives and, for at least a moment, relinquish what David Foster Wallace once called our “natural, hard-wired default-setting . . . to see and interpret everything through this lens of self.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Only then did he provide the code to a safe that held a “hard-wired” crypto wallet stored on a thumb drive, Brownstone told the judge.

From Los Angeles Times

But while the performers continuously shine, the pesky problem Ms. Wohl cannot wholly overcome is the heavy reliance on windy stretches of monologue and dialogue rather than sustained drama—a flaw that is hard-wired into her chosen subject.

From The Wall Street Journal

Because I work with words for a living, I am hard-wired to try to untangle sentences like this.

From The Wall Street Journal

The court also heard hard-wired smoke alarms in the property had been removed months before the fire and a number of skylights in the room had been nailed shut to prevent any children from climbing on to the roof.

From BBC