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hard-wired
[hahrd-wahyuhrd]
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.
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of hard-wired1
Example Sentences
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.
She said she wanted people to remember "men can also be victims of domestic violence" and added: "As a culture we are hard-wired to believe domestic violence towards a man is impossible."
“All of that is hard-wired into federal funding,” Scheppele said.
"I now understand that my conditions were like a reflex or an allergy, my response was hard-wired and no conscious choice was involved," he told the BBC.
But after a decade in a trio, the instinct to compromise was hard-wired.
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