wired
    adj 1: equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or
           telephone service; "a well-wired house" [ant: wireless]
    2: tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of
       adrenaline; "we were really pumped up for the race"; "he was
       so pumped he couldn't sleep" [syn: pumped-up(a), pumped
       up(p), pumped(p), wired]
    3: tied or bound with wire; "wired bundles of newspapers"

Wire \Wire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wired; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Wiring.]
   1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to;
      as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.]
      [1913 Webster]

   5. (Croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket
      prevents a successful shot.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   6. to equip with a system of wiring, especially for supply of
      electrical power or communication; as, to wire an office
      for networking the computers; to wire a building with
      220-Volt current.
      [PJC]

   7. to equip with an electronic system for eavesdropping; to
      bug; as, to wire the office of a mob boss; to wire an
      informant so as to record his conversations.
      [PJC]

wired
 n.

    See hardwired.

hard-wired
wired

   1.  An aspect of an electronic circuit which is
   determined by the wiring of the hardware, as opposed to being
   programmable in software or controlled by a switch.

   2.  In software, a synonym for hard-coded.

   3. By extension, anything that is not modifiable, especially
   in the sense of customisable to one's particular needs or
   tastes.

   [Jargon File]

   (1999-10-18)