"hardwired" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more hardwired [comparative], most hardwired [superlative], hard wired [alternative], hard-wired [alternative]
Etymology: From hard + wired. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hard|wired}} hard + wired Head templates: {{en-adj}} hardwired (comparative more hardwired, superlative most hardwired)
  1. (electronics) Designed to perform a specific task.
    Sense id: en-hardwired-en-adj-bkb20VWw Categories (other): Electronics, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 19 17 14 4 16 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 20 14 13 4 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 24 12 10 2 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 21 12 20 1 18 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 17 14 19 2 18 15 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (electronic communications) Of devices, closely or tightly coupled.
    Sense id: en-hardwired-en-adj-MHvU8CnJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 19 17 14 4 16 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 20 14 13 4 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 24 12 10 2 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 21 12 20 1 18 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 17 14 19 2 18 15
  3. (computing) Having a fixed placement (on a screen format for example).
    Sense id: en-hardwired-en-adj-7kY9lKoT Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 19 17 14 4 16 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 20 14 13 4 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 24 12 10 2 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 21 12 20 1 18 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 17 14 19 2 18 15 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. Not changeable.
    Sense id: en-hardwired-en-adj-DHBisgAv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 19 17 14 4 16 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 20 14 13 4 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 24 12 10 2 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 21 12 20 1 18 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 17 14 19 2 18 15
  5. (of humans and animals) Having made a belief or a pattern of behavior or a habit. Translations (having made a belief or a pattern of behavior or a habit): programado mentalmente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hardwired-en-adj-~82V73tz Disambiguation of 'having made a belief or a pattern of behavior or a habit': 2 1 5 1 85 7
  6. (of humans and animals) Describing genetically determined, instinctive behavior.
    Sense id: en-hardwired-en-adj-ZjG~k9-5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 19 17 14 4 16 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 20 14 13 4 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 24 12 10 2 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 21 12 20 1 18 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 17 14 19 2 18 15

Verb [English]

Forms: hard wired [alternative], hard-wired [alternative]
Etymology: From hard + wired. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hard|wired}} hard + wired Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hardwired
  1. simple past and past participle of hardwire Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: hardwire Related terms: hard code
    Sense id: en-hardwired-en-verb-PO50eurU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 19 17 14 4 16 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 20 14 13 4 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 24 12 10 2 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 21 12 20 1 18 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 17 14 19 2 18 15

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.