hard-wire (härd w r )tr.v. hard-wired, hard-wir·ing, hard-wires 1. To connect (electronic components, for example) by electrical wires or cables. 2. To implement (a capability) through logic circuitry that is permanently connected within a computer and therefore not subject to change by programming. 3. To determine or put into effect by physiological or neurological mechanisms; make automatic or innate: "It may be that certain orders of anxiety are hard-wired in us" (Armand Schwerner). |
hard-wired
adj
1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (of a circuit or instruction) permanently wired into a computer, replacing separate software
2. (Psychology) (of human behaviour) innate; not learned humans have a hard-wired ability for acquiring language
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