hard code

• hardcode, hard-code

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

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

   Synonym: hardsub

• softcode