Scrubbles to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 days ago"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square450fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.31Karrow-down1image"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 days agomessage-square450fedilink
minus-square@nevermind@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 day agoThanks! I won’t even ask what plug and play means…
minus-square@dingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 day 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•1 day 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•1 day 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).