PLUG-AND-PRAY


Meaning of PLUG-AND-PRAY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ adj.,vi. ]

Parody of the techspeak term `plug-and-play', describing a PC peripheral card which is claimed to have no need for hardware configuration via DIP switches, and which should be work as soon as it is inserted in the PC. Unfortunately, even the PCI bus is not up to pulling this off reliably, and people who have to do installation or troubleshoot PCs soon find themselves longing for the DIP switches.

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.