hard code

ˈhɑrd koʊd

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Definition of hard code - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

technology

TECH.

embed fixed values in software code

TECH.

The developer decided to hard code the configuration settings.

embed

incorporate

video editing

TECH.

add permanent subtitles to a video file

TECH.

She used software to hard code the subtitles into the movie.

embed

encode

device programming

TECH.

insert an unchangeable program into a device

TECH.

They had to hard code the firmware into the new gadget.

embed

implant

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spaghetti code

software code

messy program code that is hard to understand or change

Examples of hard code in a sentence

They chose to hard code the values for simplicity.
The editor had to hard code the captions for the foreign film.
They decided to hard code the lyrics into the music video.
The developer had to hard code the settings for security reasons.
To improve performance, they decided to hard code the values.

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French:coder en dur, incruster, ...
German:fest programmieren, einbrennen, ...
Italian:inserire manualmente, inserire sottotitoli, ...
Spanish:codificar directamente, codificar permanentemente, ...
Portuguese:codificar manualmente, adicionar legendas permanentes, ...
Chinese:硬编码, 嵌入字幕, ...
Japanese:ハードコーディングする, ハードコードする, ...
Arabic:ثَبَّتَ, دَمَجَ, ...
Hebrew:לְהַכְנִיס עֵרְכִים קְשִׁיחִים לַקּוֹד, לְצָרֹב כְּתוּבִיּוֹת, ...
Russian:хардкодить, вшивать, ...
Ukrainian:жорстко закодувати, вшити, ...
Hindi:स्थिर रूप से डालना, स्थायी रूप से जोड़ना, ...
Bengali:স্থিরভাবে এম্বেড করা, স্থায়ীভাবে যোগ করা, ...
Catalan:codificar, incrustar, ...
Czech:natvrdo zakódovat, vypálit titulky, ...
Danish:hardkode, hårdkode, ...
Dutch:hard coderen, inbranden, ...
Greek:ενσωματώνω σταθερές τιμές, προσθέτω μόνιμους υπότιτλους, ...
Hungarian:beégetni, ráégetni, ...
Khmer:បង្កប់តម្លៃថេរក្នុងកូដកម្មវិធី, បញ្ចូលចំណងជើងរងជាប់ក្នុងវីដេអូ, ...
Korean:하드코딩하다, 삽입하다, ...
Persian:جاسازی کرد, اضافه کرد, ...
Polish:zakodować na sztywno, zahardkodować, ...
Portuguese (BR):codificar diretamente, inserir, ...
Romanian:a codifica fix, a integra, ...
Swedish:hårdkoda, ...
Thai:ฝังค่าคงที่, ฝังคำบรรยาย, ...
Turkish:koda sabitlemek, kalıcı olarak eklemek, ...
Vietnamese:nhúng cứng, thêm phụ đề vĩnh viễn, ...

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