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0 pointsjolmg5y ago0 comments

I'm getting the feeling that hotswap in this context doesn't refer to being able to plug/unplug the keyboard from the computer while the computer is on[1], since I've never seen a keyboard that wasn't able to do that. So, this may be a dumber question, but what's being referred to as hotswap in this context?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_swapping

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hnarn5y ago

> A keyboard being hot-swappable means the PCB (which, simply put, is the circuit board inside the keyboard) has special sockets so that you can click switches into place and pull them out without ever needing to touch a soldering gun.

From a Google search :-)

Nightshaxx5y ago

This is acctually becoming a more common feature. I recently purchased a new mechanical keyboard and a lot of the newer designs are host swappable.

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