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noun

(sometimes lowercase) a standard for the production of compatible computers, peripherals, and software that facilitates device installation and enables automatic configuration of the system.

Origin:
1990–95

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plug and play or plug'n'play

—n
1.	computing a feature of hardware that enables computers to automatically detect and configure hardware devices without the need for intervention

—*adj*
2.	capable of detecting the addition of a new input or output device and automatically activating the appropriate control software

plug'n'play or plug'n'play

—n

—*adj*

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plug and play definition

jargon
1. Hardware or software that, after being installed ("plugged in"), can immediately be used ("played with"), as opposed to hardware or software which requires configuration.
See also turnkey, plug and pray.
2. A new recruit who needs no training. "The new guy, John, is great. He's totally plug-and-play."
(1997-03-30)

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"Between labor and play stands work. A man is a worker if he is personally interested in the job which society pays him to do; what from the point of view of society is necessary labor is from his point of view voluntary play. Whether a job is to be classified as labor or work depends, not on the job itself, but on the tastes of the individual who undertakes it. The difference does not, for example, coincide with the difference between a manual and a mental job; a gardener or a cobbler may be a worker, a bank clerk a laborer."

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