hot plugging LastModified: 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.
	related categories: Buses Configuring Adapters Digital Cameras Ports and Interfaces related terms: external bus IEEE 1394 PCMCIA plug-and-play USB