baked-in
Part of design
Baked-in describes something built into a system or situation from the start, not added later.
The metaphor comes from ingredients mixed into batter before baking—once cooked, they can't be removed.
Privacy concerns are baked-in to the platform's design.
Often describes assumptions, biases, or features that are fundamental rather than superficial: The advantage was baked-in from day one.
Included as standard
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- hardwiredPermanently connected by wires
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- fundamentalForming the base
ingrained · default · native · integral · core · innate · preset · standard
Unverified belief accepted as true
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
blindspot · systemic · algorithmic · implicit · unconscious · structural · institutional · hidden
Hardware's permanent programming
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- codeSymbolic communication system
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
feature · functionality · configuration · setting · protocol · system · platform · architecture
built-in
Included as standard
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- hardwiredPermanently connected by wires
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
fundamental · ingrained · default · native · integral · core · innate · preset · standard · automatic
assumption
Unverified belief accepted as true
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
inequity · blindspot · systemic · algorithmic · implicit · unconscious · structural · institutional · hidden · unexamined
firmware
Hardware's permanent programming
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- codeSymbolic communication system
algorithm · feature · functionality · configuration · setting · protocol · system · platform · architecture · API
baked-inadd-on
Optional supplementary component
afterthought · retrofitted · superficial · external · optional
baked-inremovable
Capable of being detached
detachable · modular · configurable · adjustable · customizable
baked-inafterthought
Idea added belatedly
retrofitted · appended · ad hoc · improvised · jury-rigged