hotplug

ˈhɑtˌplʌg

hotplugged, hotplugging

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Definition of hotplug - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

computer hardware

TECH.

ability or method to attach peripherals while the system keeps running

TECH.

You can hotplug the drive without turning the machine off.

interruption

Verb

tr.

technology

TECH.

connect a device while the system is running

TECH.

You can hotplug the USB drive without restarting the computer.

hot swap

plug and play

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Origin of hotplug

English, hot (active) + plug (connect)

Examples of hotplug in a sentence

The new motherboard includes hotplug for both USB and SATA devices.
It's safe to hotplug peripherals with modern systems.
Technicians often hotplug components during maintenance.

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French:connexion à chaud, brancher à chaud, ...
German:Hotplug, anschließen, ...
Italian:hotplug, collegare a caldo, ...
Spanish:conexión en caliente, conectar en caliente, ...
Portuguese:ligação em quente, conectar, ...
Chinese:热插拔, 热插入, ...
Japanese:ホットプラグ, ホットプラグする, ...
Arabic:تَوْصِيل سَاخِن, وَصَلَ الجِهَازَ أَثْنَاء التَّشْغِيل, ...
Hebrew:חִיבּוּר חַם, לְחַבֵּר בְּעוֹד הַמַּעֲרֶכֶת פּוֹעֶלֶת, ...
Russian:горячее подключение, подключать, ...
Ukrainian:гаряче підключення, підключити, ...
Hindi:हॉटप्लग, हॉटप्लग करना, ...
Bengali:হটপ্লাগ, সংযুক্ত করা, ...
Catalan:connexió en calent, connectar en calent, ...
Czech:připojení za chodu, připojit za chodu, ...
Danish:hotplug, hotplugge, ...
Dutch:hotplugfunctie, aansluiten, ...
Greek:hotplug, συνδέω, ...
Hungarian:hot-plug, menet közben csatlakoztatni, ...
Khmer:ការភ្ជាប់ឧបករណ៍ខណៈប្រព័ន្ធកំពុងដំណើរការ, ភ្ជាប់ឧបករណ៍ខណៈប្រព័ន្ធកំពុងដំណើរការ, ...
Korean:핫플러그, 핫플러그하다, ...
Persian:هات‌پلاگ, وصل کرد, ...
Polish:hot-plug, podłączyć, ...
Portuguese (BR):hot plug, conectar, ...
Romanian:conectare la cald, a conecta la cald, ...
Swedish:hotplug, ansluta, ...
Thai:ฮอตพลัก, เชื่อมต่อ, ...
Turkish:sıcak takma, sıcak takmak, ...
Vietnamese:kết nối nóng, cắm nóng, ...

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