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What is "hard wrapping"?

PS: No kidding, can't Google it. I only find articles about jewelry instead.

Back in the bread boarding days, hard wrapping was using a tool to physically wrap a hair thin insulated wire from one pin on an IC to another pin on an IC.

Not using the PCB foil electrical path but rather a direct short path as possible wire connection between two points.

Is this another term for wire wrap, or is it something different?

Yes wire wrapping and hard wrapping the same thing.

Hard wrapping was something the current day mags called it (Popular Electronics) for one.

Do you mean wire wrapping? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_wrap

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