hardwired
- adjective
- /ˈhɑrdˌwaɪrd/
- Specialized
- So that what we did is we hardwired all the joints and we put a box in the on the control panel so you could move each joint singularly.
- hardwired instructions
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It's been it's, it's actually been hardwired. It's been made more
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And of course, that can be hardwired in the computer to be instantaneous.
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And this is contrasted with a more nativist hardwired theory developed by Bolby, which claims that there's two things going on.
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This is the way that our brain is hardwired, and that's a dopamine energy modulate modulated reaction.
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Millicode consists of all of the hardwired ESA/390 instructions plus 102 hardwired assist instructions that can only be executed by millicode.
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Millicode consists of all of the hardwired ESA/390 instructions plus 102 hardwired assist instructions that can only be executed by millicode.
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The security features are hardwired into the device, making them difficult to bypass.
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Many older computers have hardwired connections that cannot be easily modified without physical alterations.
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This robot's actions are hardwired, meaning any changes to its programming would require hardware updates.
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Etymology
Hardwired also comes from hardware and wired, meaning something built into the physical parts of a machine and not changed by 'software'. That's why a hardwired function is 'fixed' and needs a physical change to alter.