Plug-in

A plug-in is a file containing data used to alter, enhance, or extend the operation of a parent application program.. 1996-05-25.
==History==
 from was the first Macintosh program to incorporate a plug-in architecture in 1988. Ed Bomke at Silicon Beach is credited with having coined the term "plug-in".Electronic Darkrooms Perform Photo Retouching, Enhancement Traditionally done in labs, Shutterbug. 1999-12. Archived 2008-11-03.Photoshop Compatible Plug-Ins, Shutterbug. 1999-12-01. Archived 2008-11-03.Monochrome Plug-Ins; From Color To Black & White In A Few Steps by Joe Farace, Shutterbug. 2009-02-01. Archived 2008-11-03.
Plug-ins, both commercially and indepently authored, can usually be downloaded for free and are stored locally. Plug-ins can come in different versions specific to particular operating systems (such as Windows or macOS).
===Web browser plug-ins===
The Netscape Navigator web browser supports plug-ins which display or interpret a particular file format or protocol such as QuickTime, RealAudio, Adobe PDF, Flash Player, or Corel CMX (vector graphics). The file to be displayed is included in a web page using an EMBED HTML tag. However, such browser plug-ins and extensions have gradually fallen out of favor with the rise of malware, especially on PCs.Google and Mozilla pull the plug on Adobe Flash: Tech giants disable the program on browsers following 'critical' security flaw by Victoria Woollaston, Daily Mail. 2015-07-14.
==References==
==External links==
*Plug-in at the Adobe Wiki
*Plug-in at the Electronic Music Wiki
*Plug-in at the Macromedia Wiki
*Plug-in at Wiktionary
* at Wikipedia
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