Need help finding the propriate term

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In summary, the conversation is about ensuring that certain pins are connected by a jumper to keep the hardware in a specific state for debugging purposes. The speaker is seeking help in finding a positive word to describe this connection that is understood by both professionals and laymen. Suggestions include "connected" or "shorted."
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I'm writing sort of a introduction doc for my co-worker... there is certain pins should be connected by a jumper to keep the hardware in certain state, so can I say something like:

"Ensure that UP2 & UP4 is shortfused by the jumper prior to entering the debug mode"?

As you people can see, I want to sort of shortwire the 2 pins DELIBERATELY in a positive manner, and my supervisor insist in using the word that means "short-circuit" or "shorwire" instead of "connect", and I think he is quite reasonable because in the industry, people all say it like that, but I really do not know the word that has a positive meaning and can be understand CORRECTLY by both professionals and laymen.So can anyone help me?
 
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I think 'connected' (when used without a modifier like, "through a 10k resistor") is understood to mean "through a low-resistance connection". When you make it more explicit, it sounds as if you need some sort of ground plane (or at least, through a higher contact area).

You could also use the word "shorted", which I seem to recall seeing in a datasheet or two.
 
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MATLABdude has it correct.
 

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