"expansion pack" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-expansion pack.wav [US] Forms: expansion packs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} expansion pack (plural expansion packs)
  1. (computing) A module that adds new content to an existing piece of software.
    Sense id: en-expansion_pack-en-noun-MqAgZQ0Q Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (video games, by extension) An add-on for a video game that includes additional content and is typically sold separately. Tags: broadly Synonyms: add-on, expansion set, expansion, X-pack Hyponyms: DLC [video-games] Coordinate_terms: add-on, DLC, mod Translations (add-on for a video game that includes additional content and is typically sold separately): 擴展包 /扩展包 (kuòzhǎnbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 資料片 /资料片 (zīliàopiàn) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-expansion_pack-en-noun-0p4O08NC Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 41 59 Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'add-on for a video game that includes additional content and is typically sold separately': 4 96

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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