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The term "hard-coded" was initially used as an analogy to hardwiring circuits - and was meant to convey the inflexibility which results from its usage within software design and implementation.
In the context of run-time extensible [[collaborative development environment]]s such as [[Multi-user dungeon|MUD]]s, '''hardcoding''' also refers to developing the core engine of the system responsible for low-level tasks and executing [[Scripting language|scripts]], as opposed to '''softcoding''' which is developing the high-level scripts that get interpreted by the system at [[Execution (computing)|runtime]], with values from external sources, such as [[text files]], [[INI file]]s, preprocessor [[Macro (computer science)|macro]]s, external constants, [[database]]s, [[command-line]] arguments, [[HTTP]] [[Server (computing)|server]] responses, [[configuration file]]s, and [[user input]]. In this case, the term is not pejorative and refers to general development, rather than specifically embedding output data.
== Hardcoding and backdoors ==
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