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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>plug-and-pray</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="plonk.html" title="plonk"/><link rel="next" href="plugh.html" title="plugh"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">plug-and-pray</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="plonk.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="plugh.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="plug-and-pray"/><dt xmlns="" id="plug-and-pray"><b>plug-and-pray</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.,vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Parody of the techspeak term <span class="firstterm">plug-and-play</span>, describing a PC peripheral card
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which is claimed to have no need for hardware configuration via jumpers or
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DIP switches, and which should work as soon as it is inserted in the PC.
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Unfortunately, even the PCI bus is all too often not up to pulling this off
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reliably, and people who have to do installation or troubleshoot PCs soon
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find themselves longing for the jumpers and switches.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="plonk.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="plugh.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">plonk<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>plugh</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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