hot plugging Last modified: Thursday, February 01, 2007
The ability to add and remove devices to a computer while the computer is running and have the operating system automatically recognize the change. Two external bus standards -- Universal Serial Bus (USB ) and IEEE 1394 -- support hot plugging. This is also a feature of PCMCIA. Hot plugging is also called hot swapping.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about hot plugging . Also check out the following links!	Buses Configuring Adapters Digital Cameras Ports and Interfaces external bus IEEE 1394 PCMCIA plug-and-play USB Give Us Your Feedback Shopping hot plugging Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: KVM Switches 6 Model Matches Hard Drives 1 Store Offers