Extension (software)

See also: Extension

In the environment Firefox and Mozilla, inter alia, a extension is a series of orders written and compressed in only one file: it is a kind of list of orders finding itself directly included with the program. This term (by error) is rather often confused with the Plugin which, indicates a Programme to him; one should not either confuse with the term “Extension of file name” indicating the format of a file.

The extensions for example are used by and for the engine Gecko.

The text of the extensions can vary from one software to another, with for example:

the format XPI for the family Mozilla (the navigator S Firefox and SeaMonkey, the Courielleur Thunderbird, but also Nvu and Songbird)
the format ZIP for the navigator Opera
the format GRAVEL BANK for Java (part of the XPI include/understand files GRAVEL BANK)

See too

Extension (Mozilla): extensions for Firefox, Thunderbird, etc
Data compression: system used to gather the files of an extension

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