plug ’n’ play (plug and play)

A reference to the ability of a computer system to automatically recog-

nize the presence of a new peripheral hardware device, locate the necessary support software (e.g., driver), and configure the device interface. See also Plug and Play.

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• Post Office Protocol (POP)
• Post, Telegraph, and Telephone (PTT)
• potential
• POT (Point Of Termination)
• POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service)
• pound sign
• power back-off
• power density
• powered device (PD)
• power failure cut-through
• power failure transfer
• powerline carrier (PLC)
• power over Ethernet (PoE)
• power (P)
• power sourcing equipment (PSE)
• p-persistent carrier sense multiple access (P-Persistent CSMA)
• P-Persistent CSMA (P-Persistent Carrier Sense Multiple Access)
• P-phone (Proprietary phone)
• P-phone (Proprietary phone)
• PPO (Private Paging Operator)
• PPO (Private Paging Operator)
• PPPoA (PPP over ATM)
• PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet)
• PPP over ATM (PPPoA)
• PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)