Word.ws English Dictionary

hardcode

hardcode is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of hardcode

third-person singular presenthardcodes
present participlehardcoding
past participlehardcoded
pasthardcoded

Questions about hardcode

What is hardcode the alternative spelling of?
Hardcode is the alternative spelling of hard code.

Words near hardcode in the dictionary

  1. Hardcastle
  2. Hardcastles
  3. hardcoal
  4. hardcoat
  5. hardcoats
  6. hardcode
  7. hardcoded
  8. hardcodes
  9. hardcoding
  10. hardcodings
  11. hardcopies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hardcode (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “hardcode.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hardcode. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.