autoconfigurev.
/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)kənˌfɪɡə/, U.S. /ˈɔdəkənˌfɪɡjər/, /ˈɔdoʊkənˌfɪɡjər/, /ˈɑdəkənˌfɪɡjər/, /ˈɑdoʊkənˌfɪɡjər/ Computing.
1. intransitive. To undergo or perform autoconfiguration.
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1985 Data Communications May 200/1 The user pressed several soft function keys to command the monitor to ‘autoconfigure’ or automatically acquire configuration parameters from the line traffic, and then start running.
1998 Maximum PC Nov. 70/3 The system autoconfigures, so to add a new PC to the LAN, you simply install the card and load the software.
2005 Pop. Mech. Apr. 135/3 Setting up this type of service doesn't take much more than plugging in a couple of cables and letting the adapters auto-configure.
2. transitive. To configure (a system, network, piece of hardware, etc.) automatically. Also reflexive. Cf. configure v. 4.
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1986 Proc. IEEE Internat. Conf. Computer Design 461/1 The firmware auto-configures any possible boot devices that might be equipped on the system.
1992 InfoWorld 7 Sept. 84/2 Norton Backup handled all of our tape functions impressively. It correctly auto-configured itself, with no input from us.
2007 D. Pogue Mac OS X Leopard Ed.: Missing Man. xiv. 542 Very nice how the Mac autodiscovers, autoconfigures, and autolists almost any..printer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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