<s>
Auto-configuration	B-Device
is	O
the	O
automatic	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
of	O
devices	O
without	O
manual	O
intervention	O
,	O
without	O
any	O
need	O
for	O
software	B-General_Concept
configuration	I-General_Concept
programs	O
or	O
jumpers	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ideally	O
,	O
auto-configuring	O
devices	O
should	O
just	O
"	O
plug	B-Device
and	I-Device
play	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Auto-configuration	B-Device
has	O
been	O
made	O
common	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
low	O
cost	O
of	O
microprocessors	B-Architecture
and	O
other	O
embedded	O
controller	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Configurations	O
may	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
NVRAM	B-General_Concept
,	O
loaded	O
by	O
a	O
host	O
processor	O
,	O
or	O
negotiated	O
at	O
system	O
initialization	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
cases	O
,	O
hot	B-Device
pluggable	I-Device
devices	O
may	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
renegotiate	O
their	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
