How to pronounce “hard-wire”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• To connect components by means of permanent electrical wires.
• (computing) To implement a feature in hardware rather than in software so that it cannot easily be changed.
• (psychology, by extension) To make a pattern of behaviour automatic.

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