plugin

See also: plug in and plug-in

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplʌɡ.ɪn/
• Hyphenation: plug‧in

Noun

plugin (plural plugins)

1. Alternative spelling of plug-in
   • 2019, Marc Steinberg, The Platform Economy: How Japan Transformed the Consumer Internet‎^[1], U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN:

     For [Anne] Helmond, the platformization of the web is a process whereby social media platforms […] extend their tentacles into the rest of the web, following users in their browsing activities, using API plugins to permit Facebook commentary on far-flung websites, allowing Facebook the ability to sell users ads about things they were browsing, and generally connecting the web at large back into the closed Facebook platform.

   • 2020, Tejas Mayekar, Destroyed In Seconds: 10 Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Website, page 6:

     A nulled or a cracked plugin is basically a hacked version of a paid plugin that offers its premium functionalities for free.

Anagrams

• Pinglu, gulpin, puling

Portuguese

Noun

plugin m (plural plugins)

1. (computing) plug-in (computer program addon)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English plugin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaɡin/ [ˈpla.ɣ̞ĩn]
• Rhymes: -aɡin

Noun

plugin m (plural plugins)

1. plugin

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.