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hard-coded

American  
[hahrd-kohd-id] / ˌhɑrdˈkoʊd ɪd /

adjective

  1. Computers. not able to be changed except by modifying a program's source code.


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Another tool will let podcasters swap out sponsored segments in their videos, which as of now are often hard-coded into the video file and still remain online even after a sponsorship ends.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

So many choices that seem hard-coded into the show’s DNA are accidents or evolutions of choices totally out of our control.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2025

Because Sierra Leone was run as a British colony until 1961, Cleverly said his mother's attitude to British institutions "and its rules came hard-coded when she arrived".

From BBC Sep. 13, 2024

But a few weeks later, Google’s Pixel 6 Pro, with its 50-megapixel sensor that is hard-coded to produce 12.5-megapixel images, was finally released, proving a worthy competitor for the iPhone 13 Pro’s 12-megapixel camera.

From The Verge Nov. 10, 2021

He took a guess and printed out the last three to be run; the late messages were probably hard-coded in there somewhere.

From O+F by Wetterau, John Moncure

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