Scrubbles to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 12 days ago"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square495fedilinkarrow-up11.39Karrow-down115
arrow-up11.37Karrow-down1image"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 12 days agomessage-square495fedilink
minus-square@nevermind@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 days agoThanks! I won’t even ask what plug and play means…
minus-square@dingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•11 days agoPlug and play essentially means “it just works”. Like as simple as plugging in a USB mouse and using it. When something isn’t plug and play, it means it takes a bit of fiddling with.
minus-square@nevermind@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 days agoAh yes, thank you. A tiny part of my brain wondered if that was the meaning but it’s never safe to assume something when I’m as clueless as I am.
minus-square@0x0@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 days agoActually I think that term was coined by Windows 98 for hardware you could connect and it would Just work™ (I.e. without the need to install drivers).
Thanks!
I won’t even ask what plug and play means…
Plug and play essentially means “it just works”. Like as simple as plugging in a USB mouse and using it. When something isn’t plug and play, it means it takes a bit of fiddling with.
Ah yes, thank you. A tiny part of my brain wondered if that was the meaning but it’s never safe to assume something when I’m as clueless as I am.
Actually I think that term was coined by Windows 98 for hardware you could connect and it would Just work™ (I.e. without the need to install drivers).