Autodetection is an automatic detection of a thing or situation.

For example, an operating system system probes the computer hardware, automatically determines what is installed in the computer and configures the kernel to support the discovered hardware. Typical PC hardware A typical Personal computer consists of a case or chassis in a tower shape (desktop and the following parts Motherboard In Computer science, the kernel is the central component of most computer Operating systems (OS

Autodetection is used by the Live CDs. A live CD or live distro is a computer Operating system that is executed upon boot, without installation to a Hard disk drive.

See also

• Autonegotiation
• Plug-and-play

Autonegotiation (formerly NWay) is an Ethernet procedure by which two connected devices choose common transmission parameters such as speed and duplex mode Plug-and-play is a computer feature that allows the addition of a new device normally a Peripheral, without requiring reconfiguration or manual installation of Device

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