What is Hot Swappable?
The increasing desire for computers and other electronics to be as user friendly as possible has pushed the emergence of hot swappable devices. A hot swappable device is one which can be attached or detached from a computer or other electronic device without having to reboot the computer. The most common hot swappable devices are Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices. All modern computers, both desktops and laptops, have USB input slots. Many hot swappable USB devices have all the necessary software built in to the device, so simply plugging it in to the computer allows the computer to detect the USB device and start working with it. Firewire is another common interface used with hot swappable devices. For a device to be hot swappable, it must be able to connect to the computer while the computer is still running, and begin functioning almost immediately. A perfect example is a USB flash drive. Plugging the hot swappable USB drive into the USB port on your computer will make it available
