Usually means: Connect device, works immediately, effortlessly.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word plug and play:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. plug and play: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. plug-and-play, plug and play: Merriam-Webster
  3. plug and play: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. plug and play: The Word Spy
  5. plug-and-play, plug-and-play, plug and play: Collins English Dictionary
  6. plug and play: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. plug-and-play, plug and play: Wiktionary
  8. plug-and-play: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Plug and Play: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. plug-and-play, plug and play: Dictionary.com
  11. Plug-and-Play, Plug and Play, Plug-and-play, Plug and play: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. plug-and-play: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Plug and play: Phrase Finder

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. plug and play: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. plug-and-play: Netlingo
  3. plug and play: CCI Computer
  4. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Plug and Play: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  6. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Technopedia (No longer online)
  8. Plug-And-Play, plug and play: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Plug-And-Play: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Plug and Play: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. plug-and-play: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  3. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (plug and play)

noun:  (computing) A feature allowing new hardware added to a computer to be automatically detected and configured.
noun:  The use of a base formulation that can be modified with DNA or RNA from various different germs to create different vaccines.
noun:  (singing voice synthesis fandom slang, slightly derogatory) Unmodified usage of pre-tuned project files.

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