Plug and play

In computing, a plug and play device or computer bus, is one with a specification that facilitates the discovery of a hardware component in a system without the need for physical device configuration or user intervention in resolving resource conflicts.

Plug and play devices can be due to boot-time assignment of device resources and to hotplug systems such as USB and IEEE 1394 (FireWire).

History of device configuration

In the beginnings of data processing technology, the hardware was just a collection of modules, and the functions of those modules had to be linked to accommodate different calculating operations. This linking was usually done by connecting some wires between modules and disconnecting others. For many mechanical data processing machines, such as the IBM punched card accounting machines, their calculating operations were directed by the use of a quick-swap control panel wired to route signals between module sockets.

As general purpose computing devices developed, these connections and disconnections were instead used to specify locations in the system address space where an expansion device should appear, in order for the device to be accessible by the central processing unit. If two or more of the same type of device were installed in one computer, it would be necessary to assign the second device to a separate, non-overlapping region of the system address space so that both could be accessible at the same time.

Simplemente Amigos (album)

Simplemente Amigos (Just Friends) is Myriam's fifth studio album, released in 2007. In this album Myriam pays tribute to one of Mexico's most famous female singers, Ana Gabriel, by singing 12 of her biggest hits. The first single from the album is "Simplemente Amigos". The album was certificated as gold status by selling more than 50,000 copies but according to a report from EMI Televisa Music the album sold 300,000 copies in 5 hours of being launched, which would be triple platinum.

Album information

Myriam traveled to Madrid, Spain in order to record Simplemente Amigos. Mariano Perez who worked with her the last album was also the producer of this album. The album was very well received, reaching number 8 in the Mexican charts midweek after launch and reaching the top at the end of the week. EMI music give Myriam two gold awards for the high sales of the album.

Ana Gabriel revealed that she liked the album.

Tracklist

Acoustic version (Bonus)