different between placement vs hardwired

English

Etymology

From place +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ple?sm?nt/
• Rhymes: -e?sm?nt

Noun

placement (countable and uncountable, plural placements)

1. The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
2. A location or position.

   It seems to me that the placement of that poster could be better.

3. The act of matching a person with a job

   The agency does not guarantee placement, but they work on commission.

4. (Britain) A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience.

Derived terms

• job placement
• product placement

Translations

French

Etymology

From placer +? -ment.

Noun

placement m (plural placements)

1. placement

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “placement” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Paronyms

English

Alternative forms

• hard wired, hard-wired

Etymology

hard +? wired

Adjective

hardwired (comparative more hardwired, superlative most hardwired)

1. (electronics) Designed to perform a specific task.
2. (electronic communications) Of devices, closely or tightly coupled.
3. (computing) Having a fixed placement (on a screen format for example.)
4. Not changeable.
5. In humans and animals, describing genetically determined, instinctive behavior, as opposed to learned behavior.

Synonyms

• (genetically determined, instinctive behavior): See also Thesaurus:innate

Verb

hardwired

1. simple past tense and past participle of hardwire

See also

• hard code