Please help what is Plug and Play technology. What were some early attempts at auto-configuration of hardware, and discuss how these attempts led to the implementation of Plug and Play today.

What are the more difficult devices to install on Windows / Linux / Mac OS X.

Plug and play make reference to the ability of using a device straight out of the box, without needing any specific configuration or drivers.

Explanation:

The plug and play technology is the attempt to create devices that were capable of being used straight out of the box without the need to install any aditional software or dirvers in the computer to allow the proper use of the device, some of the most popular nowadays are the usbs pendrives, or mouse and keyboards. There was a time when every single piece of hardware that you tried to connect to a computer needed a technitian installing the proper software to be able to use that device.

The most difficult devices to install on the different operative systems vary depeding on what you want to do, but you have to rememeber that the different operative systems work on different basis, and apps won't cross-platform between them.