What does "plug and play" mean?

What does "plug and play" mean?

Ian Urquhart (Lead Developer, E-Haus, LLC.) gives expert video advice on: What does "plug and play" mean? and more...

Plug and play just means that you have a piece of hardware, like your mouse, that you want to plug into your computer. Your operating system has drivers that allow you to plug it into your computer. The driver will understand that you're plugging in a mouse, and it'll tell your operating system that, and you'll be able to use it.