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hard coded

hard coded is the past participle of hard code.

hard coded is the alternative form of hardcoded.

Meaning of hard code

Verb

hard code (third-person singular simple present hard codes, present participle hard coding, simple past and past participle hard coded)

  1. To build absolute and unchangeable values into a program such that they can only be changed by modifying the source code.
  2. To insert an unchangeable program into a device; to hard-wire.
  3. To insert subtitles inside a video file, permanently modifying it.
    Synonyms:
    hardsub

Meaning of hardcoded

Adjective

hardcoded (not comparable)

  1. Having values that are constants rather than variables.

Questions about hard coded

What is hard coded the past participle of?
Hard coded is the past participle of hard code.

Words near hard coded in the dictionary

  1. hard clams
  2. hard class
  3. hard coal
  4. hard coals
  5. hard code
  6. hard coded
  7. hard codes
  8. hard coding
  9. hard codings
  10. hard copies
  11. hard copy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard coded (page history and authors); hard code (page history and authors); hardcoded (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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