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1. amomipais82
   

   Hi,
   In computing, a plug-in (also called plugin, addin, add-in, addon, add-on, snap-in or snapin, but see also extension) consists of a computer program that interacts with a host application (a web browser or an email client, for example) to provide a certain, usually very specific, function "on demand". Add-on is often considered the general term comprising plug-ins, extensions, and themes as subcategories.
   
   Applications support plug-ins for many reasons. Some of the main reasons include:
   
   to enable third-party developers to create capabilities to extend an application
   to support features yet unforeseen
   to reduce the size of an application
   to separate source code from an application because of incompatible software licenses.
   Examples of applications and their plug-ins include:
   
   Microsoft Office uses plug-ins (better known as add-ins) to extend the capabilities of its application by adding custom commands and specialized features
   Rockbox, a firmware for digital audio players, can use plug-ins, for example: play games, use the text editor
   Email clients use plug-ins to decrypt and encrypt email (Pretty Good Privacy) or to send oversized email attachments (Globalscape Mail Express)
   Graphics software use plug-ins to support file formats and process images (Adobe Photoshop)
   Media players use plug-ins to support file formats and apply filters (foobar2000, GStreamer, Quintessential, VST, Winamp, XMMS)
   Packet sniffers use plug-ins to decode packet formats (OmniPeek)
   Remote sensing applications use plug-ins to process data from different sensor types (Opticks)
   Software development environments use plug-ins to support programming languages (Eclipse, jEdit, MonoDevelop)
   Web browsers use plug-ins to play video and presentation formats (Flash, QuickTime, Microsoft Silverlight, 3DMLW)
   Some digital mixing consoles allow plug-ins to extend features such as reverberation effects, equalization and compression.
   Some Web content management systems use plug-ins to increase functionality.

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