hard-wired
Definition of hard-wired
hard´-wired´
Pronunciation:
härd´wīrd´
a.
1.
(Computers)
Contained
within
the
circuitry
of
a
computer
or
computer
peripheral
device
,
and
not
changeable
by
programming
; -
of
functions
;
as
,
error
correction
is
hard-wired
into
the
circuit
of
the
disk
drive
,
so
it
proceeds
very
rapidly
.
2.
Connected
by
a
continuous
electrical
wire
,
rather
than
through
a
switch
;
as
,
the
air-conditioner
was
hard-wired
into
the
wall
circuit
,
so
moving
it
would
require
an
electrician
.
3.
Performed
by
an
inborn
pattern
of
neural
circuits
;
instinctive
;
not
learned
;
as
,
many
bird
songs
are
hard-wired
,
but
some
are
learned
.
People
,
as
the
cybernetic
metaphor
now
has
it
,
are
"
hard
wired
"
to
do
good
in
order
to
enhance
their
own
happiness
.
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