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, hardware, 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) n (dobavlénije), расширение (ru) n (rasširénije)

extension of core application

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

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

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Translations to be checked

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

See also

• skin
• look and feel
• peripheral

Anagrams

• Dando