hardwired

1. In computer jargon , a circuit is hardwired if it is built to perform a specific function and requires no outside instructions or program .

Notes

“Hardwired” is often used loosely to refer to functions that are innate and unlearned in living systems: “The ability to perceive objects in a certain way appears to be hardwired into the brains of mammals .”

Example Sentences

It makes evolutionary sense that we're hardwired to go postal about intentional harm from other people.

From The Daily Beast

From the very beginning, victimhood was hardwired into the Christian psyche.

From The Daily Beast

Y is for our young, now hardwired to be eco-fanatics, for better or worse, and for Yvo de Boer.

From The Daily Beast