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plug and play

In computing, item of hardware or software that configures itself and the user's system automatically when first installed. Having been thus ‘plugged’ in, it can be used (‘played’ with) immediately. In the PC industry, suppliers have adopted a form of Plug and Play (PnP) developed by Microsoft and Intel in 1993.
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