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hardwired

Variant of hard-wired

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

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