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hard coding

hard coding is the present participle and gerund of hard code.

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

Questions about hard coding

What is hard coding the present participle and gerund of?
Hard coding is the present participle and gerund of hard code.

Words near hard coding in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard coding (page history and authors); hard code (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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