Plug and play
Plug and play is the name for a number of technologies used in computing. Technologies that support plug and play allow to connect new devices to a computer. After a short while, these devices can simply be used. When they are no longer needed, they can be disconnected again. Plug and play does not require the user to load a specific device driver to access the device.[1][2]
Plug and play is used to refer to both the configuration of devices at boot time, as well as to system that support adding a device later on. Examples for systems that support plug and play are USB and Firewire.
Plug And Play Media
A third-party serial interface card for the Apple II that required cutting and soldering to reconfigure. The user would cut the wire traces between the thinly connected ⧓ triangles at X1 and X3 and solder across the unconnected ◀▶ pads at X2 and X4 located at the center of the card. Once done, reverting the modification was more difficult.
A NuBus expansion card without jumpers or DIP switches
An MCA expansion card without jumpers or DIP switches
An example of an ISA interface card with extremely limited interrupt selection options, a common problem on PC ISA interfaces.Kouwell KW-524J dual serial, dual parallel port, 8-bit ISA, manufactured in 1992:* Serial 1: IRQ 3/4/9* Serial 2: IRQ 3/4/9* Parallel 1: IRQ 5/7* Parallel 2: IRQ 5/7(There is no technical reason why 3,4,5,7,9 cannot all be selectable choices for each port.)
References
- ↑ The PC Guide - Plug and Play
- ↑ "plug and play Definition". Archived from the original on 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
