HARDWIRED

Etymology

Adjective

hardwired (comparative more hardwired, superlative most hardwired)

(electronics) Designed to perform a specific task.

(electronic communications) Of devices, closely or tightly coupled.

(computing) Having a fixed placement (on a screen format for example.)

Not changeable.

In humans and animals, describing genetically determined, instinctive behavior, as opposed to learned behavior.

Synonyms

• (genetically determined, instinctive behavior): See also innate

Verb

hardwired

simple past tense and past participle of hardwire

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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