attach(To expose a virtual disk to the user, backed by a file); connect(To assign a drive letter, port, or computer name to a shared resource so that you can use it); plumb(To open a device, associate it with a physical interface or create a specific named logical interface, and set up the streams needed for IPv4 and IPv6 to use the device)
connect to; tap into(напр., к сети, трубопроводу, любому источнику, в т. ч. в переносном смысле Vadim Rouminsky); pick; contribute(The technology was originally developed in co-operation with a Swiss university, and subsequently external developers also contributed to its development. – ...и впоследствии к её разработке подключились сторонние разработчики. Сандралек); get involved(ART Vancouver); take to(Sergei Aprelikov)
opt in(VLZ_58); pitch in(к общему делу – to become involved in esp. something helpful (Cambridge Dictionary) • If we all pitch in, the cleanup shouldn’t take long. (Cambridge Dictionary) • So we finally got our documentary fully funded thanks to all the supporters out there who had pitched in, we're very fortunate we have a huge number of fans.ART Vancouver)
online(A state that marks a component in a failover cluster or server cluster as available. When a node is online, it is an active member of the cluster and can own and run clustered services and applications, honor cluster database updates, contribute votes to the quorum algorithm, and maintain heartbeats. Clustered services and applications, and the resources within them, also have an online state)
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