hard-wired
hard-wired
Definition
hard·-wired (härd′wīrd′)
adjective
- directly connected to a computer a hard-wired terminal
- designating or of a computer device with permanently wired circuitry for performing certain tasks
- biologically or genetically predetermined, rather than resulting from the effects of experience or environment
hard-wired
Usage Examples
Used with adjective complement
- become: The problem is that our lives have become hard-wired to the oil economy.
Preposition: into
- brain: They presupposed a basic knowledge that is hard-wired into the brain of a 15-year-old but which mine did not possess.
- code: Avoid using " magic numbers " --which are numbers hard-wired into code.
Modifies a noun
- alarm: Many fire authorities now recommend that hard-wired smoke alarms are installed.
- connection: Wi-Fi networks allow you to build a local area network without the need for hard-wired connections.
- system: Grants for building work in some properties have funded hard-wired smoke alarm systems.
- detector: Each individual home has also been fitted with a hard-wired smoke detector with a clearly audible alarm.
- installation: With the new wireless machine interface units, customers can avoid the cost of hard-wired installations and the typical annual maintenance problems.
- network: More and more companies are implementing wireless instead of hard-wired networks to reduce clutter and save installation costs.
Modifying Another Word
- not: Frequently these systems are not hard-wired but controlled using wireless technology.
- almost: These attacks on an almost hard-wired complacency are vital in terms of grabbing the audience and demanding that they listen.
Preposition: in
- brain: Symmetry perception is, it turns out, hard-wired in the human brain.
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