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Subject:Re: Plug & Play? From:"tmweditr -at- world -dot- std -dot- com" <tmweditr -at- WORLD -dot- STD -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 8 Aug 1995 02:48:30 GMT
Matt Ion (mion -at- direct -dot- ca) wrote:
: On Wed, 26 Jul 1995 09:30:00 -0400 you wrote:
: >The term Plug and Play is gaining popularity these days. I need to use it in
: >a document but am not sure if it is:
: > Plug & Play
: > Plug-n-Play,
: > Plug and Play
: >or Plug N' Play.
: I don't think there is any official way to spell it. I prefer Plug-n-Play
: myself (no specific reason, except maybe that it's easily shortened to PnP :)
No offial useage that I know of. The closest thing is VXIplug&play systems
alliance, a group of companies that manufacture measurement instruments
for the VXI bus. Other than that, I've seen it every which way. I think our
magazine uses "plug and play."
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