What is a "plug-in"?

What is a "plug-in"?

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Plug-ins are good. Do not be afraid of plug-ins, people. Plug-ins are your friends. Lots of different companies out there and lots of different people have participated in building this thing that we call the world wide web that is constantly under development. And so, this web browser that you use, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Safari, whatever it is, is something that gets souped up and changed on the way, like a hot rod. And so, I would encourage you to go ahead and get that flash plug-in which lets you run certain kinds of animation. Allow that ActiveX control to happen. Download the latest Java update so that your computer can run Java applications more effectively. All these different plug-ins are part of the machinery that just makes your browsing experience more robust. They're okay. Plug-ins are good.