hardwired

Variant of hard-wired

hard-wired definition

hard·-wired (härd′wīrd′)

adjective

  1. directly connected to a computer a hard-wired terminal
  2. designating or of a computer device with permanently wired circuitry for performing certain tasks
  3. biologically or genetically predetermined, rather than resulting from the effects of experience or environment
Also written hardwired hard′·wired′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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