Plugin
Category: Infrastructure“PLUG-in”
An add-on you install to give a program a new ability it did not ship with, without changing the program itself.
Lesson #8: The Builder's Toolkit: Hooks, Plugins, APIs & SDKs →A drill attachment. Same drill, new job, and you can swap it out any time.
Adding a grammar checker to your browser so it proofreads everything you type online.
A takeoff plugin added to the estimating software so it can read measurements straight off a PDF plan.
A tax plugin added to the checkout system so the right rate is applied in every state.
Plugins let a business add exactly the capabilities it needs and skip the ones it doesn't pay for.
A plugin is a swappable add-on that gives existing software a new skill.
List two things you wish one of your daily tools could do. Search its plugin or app directory for each.
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One reusable piece of a screen — a button, a card, a form field — built once and used everywhere.
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