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- adjective computing That can be
inserted orremoved withoutswitching off thecomputer .
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Examples
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Hussain is working on a "hot-swappable" battery system that will require less than 15 seconds to replace a dead pack with a fresh one.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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Looking something like a stylish, small toaster for a hard drive, the Voyager Q is designed to turn any 2.5- or 3.5-inch SATA I/II drive up to 2TB into a bootable and hot-swappable external drive solution.
Voyager Q: A Toaster Looking Dock for your SATA Hard Drive - SlipperyBrick.com 2009
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Because they were hot-swappable, while the cabinet is not.
The Joy of Hardware (part N) magnio 2008
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The fans are also hot-swappable, "put the new fan in within 2 minutes, or the server with switch off to avoid overheating".
The Joy of Hardware (part N) magnio 2008
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Along with the full-function keyboard, the Spark housing provides storage for a hot-swappable spare battery and a Bluetooth mouse.
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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So it came with two power supplies and two disks, both hot-swappable.
The Joy of Hardware (part N) magnio 2008
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Along with the full-function keyboard, the Spark housing provides storage for a hot-swappable spare battery and a Bluetooth mouse.
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"Gadgets", as we've come to understand them, are fewer in number here than at a trade show like CES (unless of course you think an external hot-swappable 4-disk mini-RAID unit counts as a "gadget" — I might).
Macworld: Gadgets, lawsuits, and Microsoft's micro-presentation 2007
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Grolsch has launched the Blikbeugel, a hot-swappable bottle interface for their beer cans.
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"Gadgets", as we've come to understand them, are fewer in number here than at a trade show like CES unless of course you think an external hot-swappable 4-disk mini-RAID unit counts as a "gadget" — I might.
Macworld: Gadgets, lawsuits, and Microsoft's micro-presentation 2007
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