This means that a device can be plugged into a network and will start working straightaway.
The device is designed to be plugged into the wall and immediately start working, without any installation services.
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The terminal is little bigger than a video cassette but has to be plugged into an electric outlet.
Dowling said later versions of Network Magic will offer other compelling applications that can be plugged into the management layer.
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Instead they are providing television sets that can be plugged into the Web via a telephone line or television cable.
The device can be plugged into a wall outlet or battery powered.
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The compact, space-saving design of the Linksys Powerline family of products leaves room for other appliances to be plugged into the same outlet.
If all continues to go well, the results will be plugged into the airport's air-traffic control system for real within a few months.
That makes it essential for suppliers at every link in the chain to be plugged into good information about what customers want, and when.
For longer battery life devices like iPhones, iPods or iPads, chargers are much less likely to be plugged into a gadget in a public setting.
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The compact design of the network adapter allows it to be installed discreetly and leaves room for other devices to be plugged into the same outlet.
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During the design of the original Kindle, for example, Mr Bezos insisted that the e-reader had to work without needing to be plugged into a PC.
Mascarenas floats a fix: Create a standardized battery component that can be plugged into any customized pack and swapped out to give a vehicle more range.
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In the US, it has already brought out a similar device, a dongle that can be plugged into a mobile phone to act as a credit card reader.
The cable will still be plugged into the external connector.
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The cape plug-in boards can be plugged into BeagleBone's two 46-pin dual-row expansion headers, providing similar headers so that up to four cape plug-in boards can be stacked at a time.
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How about a car that gets 30% better fuel economy, doesn't require a giant battery in the trunk or have to be plugged into the wall, and can travel 600 miles between fill-ups?
By acquiring companies like Diba and Chorus Systems, Sun is making sure that its Java OS for Consumers is ready to be deployed in all sorts of consumer devices, which can be plugged into Sun-specific infrastructure.
Another drawback: While other Android phones I've tested can be plugged into either a PC or a Mac so you can manually transfer files onto them, I couldn't get the Note to do this with either of two Macs I tested with it.
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This isn't the defunct EV1 we're talking about here, nor some of those other models we've heard about before, this is the Phoenix Motorcars electric SUV, which can be plugged into a wall socket and recharged with the same plug that powers your garden party boombox.
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The drive can soak up the contents of roughly 100 CDs and can dispense MP3 tunes for more than 100 hours without repeating itself (the life of the Jukebox's AA rechargeable batteries is only about three hours, however, so music marathons require it be plugged into the wall).
Even though it may be plugged into any common 110-volt electrical outlet for a slow charge, high-speed electric vehicle charging stations have only sprung up in major population centers or along busy highway corridors, meaning a lack of foresight before heading down a less-traveled road may initiate a tow truck encounter.
If the moon harbours ice, for example, measuring the amount of it at different depths could enable planetary scientists to work out the rate at which comets smashed into the lunar surface over its history, and that knowledge could then be plugged into models of the formation of the solar system.
Although it's currently just in the proof-of-concept, prototype stage (like, it still needs to be plugged into the wall, making it less than ideal for outdoor applications), future versions of the project will sport batteries (of course), sensors for monitoring water quality, cameras for peeping stuff, and even bacteria for breaking down pollutants (think: Exxon Valdez).
TMs. The new banks will also be plugged directly into Japan's clearing system.
As well as being available on PCs, Macs and tablet devices, Onlive offers its own micro console that can be plugged directly into HD televisions.
Kevin Bong, a Wisconsin-based security researcher and penetration tester, has developed what he calls the Mini Pwner, a spy computer smaller than a smartphone designed to be inconspicuously plugged into an ethernet port to gain access to a corporate network, feeding information back to a nearby hacker over its wifi signal.
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Once they've passed a UI certification, devices and apps will be billed as "plugged into Skype, " but don't expect to see anything happen too quickly: the SDK is Linux-only at the moment, with Windows and Mac desktop versions forthcoming, and Skype will be testing apps and devices before they go live.
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The device is portable and can be powered with batteries or plugged into an electrical outlet.
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