plug-and-pray

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plug-and-pray - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  plug-and-pray
   adj.,vi.
  
     Parody of the techspeak term plug-and-play, describing a PC
  peripheral
     card which is claimed to have no need for hardware configuration via
     jumpers or DIP switches, and which should work as soon as it is
     inserted in the PC. Unfortunately, even the PCI bus is all too often
     not up to pulling this off reliably, and people who have to do
     installation or troubleshoot PCs soon find themselves longing for the
     jumpers and switches.