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Plug and Play

Plug and Play
Technology where adapters can be automatically configured by the system without user intervention. This removes the need for a user to worry about IRQ and DMA settings.

Plug and Play used to also be referred to as "Plug and Pray". This was when the technology was new and not always reliable.