add-on

English

Alternative forms

• addon

Etymology

add + on

Noun

Wikipedia add-on (plural add-ons)

1. Something which can be appended to something else.
2. (computing, software) A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions or customization for a core application or system.
   • 2010, Kenneth Baldauf, Ralph Stair, Succeeding with Technology (page 77)

     Microdrives that can hold several gigabytes (see Figure 2.20) have been available as add-ons for portable devices.

Synonyms

• plug-in, add-in

Translations

something which can be appended to something else

• Finnish: lisä (fi)
• Russian: добавление (ru) (dobavlénije) n, расширение (ru) (rasširénije) n

extension of core application

• Czech: doplněk (cs) m
• French: extension (fr)
• German: Add-on (de) n, Erweiterung (de) f
• Indonesian: pengaya
• Russian: аддон (ru) (addón) m, программа-дополнение (ru) (prográmma-dopolnénije) f

• Spanish: extensión (es) f
• Swedish: tillägg (sv) n, tilläggsprogram (sv) n
• Turkish: eklenti (tr)

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• Bulgarian: допълнение (bg) (dopǎlnenie), допълнително количество (bg) (dopǎlnitelno količestvo)
• Danish: tillæg

See also

• skin
• look and feel
• peripheral

Anagrams

• Dando