| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | Non-Plug and Play | nicht Plug & Play-fähig (Pertaining to a device, such as a game controller or printer, that does not automatically work when you plug it in to your computer. After connecting it to your computer, you have to install the necessary drivers and configure the hardware settings) |
| comp. | plug and play | einstecken&einschalten |
| comp. | plug and play | anschließen und benutzen |
| comp., MS | Plug and Play | Plug & Play (A type of device, such as a game controller or printer, that automatically works when you connect it to your computer. The computer configures the settings and installs the necessary drivers by itself) |
| IT, engl. | Plug and Play | Plug and Play |
| IT | Plug and Play | Schnellinstallation |
| comp. | plug and play | einstecken und einschalten |
| comp., MS | Plug and Play BIOS | Plug & Play-BIOS (A BIOS with responsibility for configuring Plug and Play cards and system-board devices during system power up. Provides runtime configuration services for system board devices after startup) |
| commun. | plug-and-play | einstecken und spielen (PC upgrade without initialization) |
| comp. | plug-and-play | Plug-and-Play- |
| comp., MS | plug-and-play extensions | Plug & Play-Erweiterungen (A technology that makes a loosely-connected device look like a tightly-coupled device and provides identical experience for network connected devices as directly connected devices) |