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ˈplug-in, a. and n.
[f. vbl. phr. to plug in (plug v. 1 e).]
A. adj. Designed to be plugged into a socket (esp. an electrical one); of or pertaining to such devices.
1922Wireless World 8 July 458/1 One sees so many makeshift plug-in devices..in amateur sets. 1926R. W. Hutchinson Wireless 187 The aerial inductance L1 and the reaction coil L2 are of the plug-in type. 1954Sun (Baltimore) (B ed.) 19 June 15/1 Portable plug-in telephones with conveniently located outlets offer a modern convenience where a telephone is desired on a part-time basis in certain rooms. 1965Wireless World Sept. 464/2 An encapsulated version..for plug-in applications is available. 1966‘A. York’ Eliminator iv. 57 A mahogany-boxed erinoid plug-in chess set lay on the coffee table. 1968R. Petrie MacLurg goes West viii. 67 The hotel manager was knocking at MacLurg's door, followed by a porter with a plug-in telephone. 1968B. Turner Sex Trap v. 28 His kitchen boasted one cup and a plug-in percolator. 1971J. H. Smith Digital Logic ii. 18 A very easy method of construction is to use one of the commercially available rack construction systems with plug-in units. 1977Warner & Bell in D. M. Rumbaugh Language Learning by Chimpanzee vii. 144 Purchasing the computer, its plug-in modules and peripherals proved to be a wise decision.
B. n. A plug-in device or unit.
1950Sun (Baltimore) 31 Aug. 8/7 The refrigerator units will operate either from car batteries or 110-volt or 220-volt plug-ins for use where electricity is available. 1955IRE Trans. Electronic Computers IV. 3/1 One standard plug-in contains four flip-flops and eight cathode-followers for isolation. 1965Wireless World July 54 (Advt.), Three new instruments..have all the in-built virtues of the original plug-ins. 1967Electronics 6 Mar. 2 (Advt.), Sweep Oscillators with RF and marker plug-ins meet virtually all of your swept frequency testing requirements. 1971C. Fick Danziger Transcript (1973) 171, I heated some coffee on my plug-in and we lit cigars. 1972‘G. Black’ Bitter Tea (1973) xiii. 212 The jacks for the phone plug-ins. 1975Sci. Amer. Mar. 11/1 (Advt.), Priced at $800 for the main-frame and $110 to $250 for the plug-ins, the 5150A is easily the new price/performance leader in instrumentation recorders.
▸ Computing. Designating or relating to an item of software or hardware designed to enhance or add a specific feature to a system or application. Cf. sense B. 3.
1987Configurability (Was: Re: Big Mac Systems) in comp.sys.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 21 May What I think programmers ought to consider is plug in functionality. 1989SuperPaint 2.0 impressions{ddd} in comp.sys.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 3 Mar. The plug in tools are nice, but I would seriously disagree with their idea of storing them in a folder. 1993Compute Sept. 3/2 (advt.) Professional-quality sampled wave synthesis with our plug-in Wave Blaster daughter board. 20033D World Christmas 52/1 LightWave ships with SkyTracer 2, an advanced plug-in system for simulating realistic skies.
▸ Computing. An easily installed item of software or hardware that can enhance or add a specific feature to a system or application.
In some cases, such as sound and graphics cards, requiring physically plugging in and hence overlapping with sense B. 2.
1989No More Gurus! in comp.sys.amiga.tech (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Dec. A special plug in will disable Alerts. 1992MacUser 17 Apr. 60/2 The bundled software includes plug-ins for VideoPaint, Digital Darkroom and Enhance... You can scan images directly from any of these programs without having to use dedicated scanning software. 2005Future Mus. Winter 145/2 He takes us through the process of working on a remix,..creating the basic rhythm sounds, basslines, creative use of plug-ins and samples, right through to the final arrangement. |