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  • verb To change a part of something, typically a computer, while it's running.

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Examples

  • In the coming year I want to set up the database to be properly master/slave so in the event of a crash there's less chance of losing any data, and also setting up the second server to be properly hot-swap or at least minimal manual interaction instead of needing someone to go and change and copy things all around to have it working.

    UFies.org: January 2010 Archives 2010

  • The ability to hot-swap a battery would be useful to me.

    Droid - The Reality behind the 'iDon't" Commerials Nomad 2009

  • I had ordered "two of everything" for the IBM servers, and also specified hot-swap in a couple of sentences.

    The Joy of Hardware (part N) magnio 2008

  • Not only can he hot-swap between voices, he can do it during a song.

    Archive 2007-07-22 Rogers 2007

  • Not only can he hot-swap between voices, he can do it during a song.

    Just For Hangovers Rogers 2007

  • The company will also demo its latest innovation, SYS-5037MC-H8TRF containing 8 hot-swappable high-efficiency nodes, each supporting an Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 series processor, up to 32GB memory, 2x 3.5 hot-swap SATA3 HDDs, PCI-E 2.0 expansion and IPMI 2.0 for remote management.

    unknown title 2011

  • Plug the two SATA cables from the hot-swap bays to two of the mobo's gray SATA ports, and attach the other end of the SATA cable from the SSD into one of the red ports.

    Gizmodo Nathan Edwards - MaximumPC 2011

  • Slot the storage drive into one of the front hot-swap bays, and then replace the case's top cover.

    Gizmodo Nathan Edwards - MaximumPC 2011

  • Responding to customer need for integration and true "management," Lattice defined the industry's first PLD-based flexible power management system: a fully integrated device providing hot-swap controller, voltage supervisor, reset generator, and sequencer ICs into a single chip solution that is significantly less expensive and more accurate than other solutions.

    unknown title 2012

  • IceWEB's virtual machine integration and built-in disaster recovery facilities make the 6000 the ideal solution for any organization seeking a virtualized storage solution with built-in high reliability features such as hot-swap, dual-clustered controllers.

    unknown title 2011

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