"hot-swappable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: hot-swap + -able Etymology templates: {{affix|en|hot-swap|-able}} hot-swap + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hot-swappable (not comparable)
  1. (computing, of hardware) That can be inserted or removed without switching off the computer. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: hot-pluggable

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