plug-compatible

[ pluhg-kuhm-pat-uh-buhl ]

adjective

, Computers.

1. of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.

plug compatible

adjective

1. computing (of peripheral devices) designed to be plugged into computer systems produced by different manufacturers

Example Sentences

In Tuesday’s ITC complaint, Juul said the competing products, some of which are pods that are plug-compatible with the Juul e-cigarette, give teens easy ways to get pods for use in Juul’s system and should be blocked from U.S. shelves.

From Los Angeles Times

By purchasing an Amdahl computer and so-called plug-compatible peripheral devices from third-party manufacturers, customers could now run System/370 programs without buying IBM hardware.

From New York Times

The first came years ago when HDS dropped its line of IBM IBM plug-compatible mainframe systems from its product portfolio to focus instead on business-critical enterprise storage systems.

From Forbes

“It wasn’t a plug-compatible mainframe clone that dethroned IBM; it wasn’t a free operating system like Linux that dethroned Windows.”

From New York Times

Among those most at risk are makers of so-called plug-compatible computers that run IBM software but sell for less.

From Time Magazine Archive