Autodetection
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Autodetection is an automatic detection of a thing or situation.

For example, an operating system system probes the computer hardware
Computer hardware
Personal computer hardware are component devices which are typically installed into or peripheral to a computer case to create a personal computer upon which system software is installed including a firmware interface such as a BIOS and an operating system which supports application software that...

, automatically determines what is installed in the computer and configures the kernel to support the discovered hardware.

Autodetection is used by the Live CD
Live CD
A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...

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