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wired
[ wahyuhrd ]
adjective
- equipped with wires, as for electricity or telephone service.
a wired barrier.
- tied or secured with wires:
wired bales of wastepaper.
- strengthened or supported with wires:
a sculpture of wired papier-mâché.
- Slang. tense with excitement or anticipation; edgy.
- equipped so as to receive cable television.
- connected electronically to one or more computer networks.
wired
/ waɪəd /
adjective
- edgy from stimulant intake
- excited, nervous, or tense
- using computers to send and receive information, esp via the internet
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- well-wired adjective
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Example Sentences
Gamers need that kind of low-latency to match people playing on wired home Internet connections.
It features a 150-sheet paper tray, voice-activated printing, and wired and wireless connectivity—you can print from not only your computer, but also mobile devices.
The words became so wired she’d be on the phone with friends or family, saying, Goodbye, I love you, have a magical day.
It’s also in the ballpark of the average wired home Internet connection speed of 128 Mbps.
Wireless systems using Emrod technology can transmit any amount of power current wired solutions transmit.
We also have a growing body of biological research showing that fathers, like mothers, are hard-wired to care for children.
Human evolution has left men as deeply wired for emotional connections to children as women are.
Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.
No law or even revolution in police tactics can fully curb the rising expectations that come with a wired world.
After all, our bodies are hard wired to recognize the difference between “me” and “not me.”
That night McCann wired his employers to get back home as quickly as conveyances would carry them.
He knows the whole bay down below there will be alive with boats, just as soon as they get the news wired down to them.
Then I began to tell people at the sanitarium and wired my friends in Berlin advising them how to get out of Germany.
Then I wired my father and asked him to see the President and get my resignation through at once.
"Red-headed party found at Woodstock," the valiant sleuth had wired with unusual delicacy and caution.
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