Wiktionary
hard code
alt. 1 (context computing English) To build absolute and unchangeable values into a program such that they can only be changed by modifying the source code and recompile. 2 (context computing English) To insert an unchangeable program into a device; to hard-wire. vb. 1 (context computing English) To build absolute and unchangeable values into a program such that they can only be changed by modifying the source code and recompile. 2 (context computing English) To insert an unchangeable program into a device; to hard-wire.
Usage examples of "hard code".
Thanks to the late Robert Wells, the hard code of the network and the simulations is relatively safe.
Imperial citizens and soldiers lived under the same hard code as conquered people.