Plug-and-pray

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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.