"hotplug" meaning in All languages combined

See hotplug on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: hotplugs [present, singular, third-person], hotplugging [participle, present], hotplugged [participle, past], hotplugged [past]
Etymology: hot + plug Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hot|plug}} hot + plug Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} hotplug (third-person singular simple present hotplugs, present participle hotplugging, simple past and past participle hotplugged)
  1. (transitive, computing) To plug in (a device) while the system is turned on and running. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: hot-pluggable Related terms: hot-swap

Inflected forms

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