"plugin" meaning in English

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    "plug‧in"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2019, Marc Steinberg, The Platform Economy: How Japan Transformed the Consumer Internet, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "For [Anne] Helmond, the platformization of the web is a process whereby social media platforms[…]extend their tentacles into the rest of the web, following users in their browsing activities, using API plugins to permit Facebook commentary on far-flung websites, allowing Facebook the ability to sell users ads about things they were browsing, and generally connecting the web at large back into the closed Facebook platform.",
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        {
          "ref": "2020, Tejas Mayekar, Destroyed In Seconds: 10 Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Website, page 6:",
          "text": "A nulled or a cracked plugin is basically a hacked version of a paid plugin that offers its premium functionalities for free.",
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        "Alternative spelling of plug-in"
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          "plug-in#English"
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      "ipa": "/ˈplʌɡ.ɪn/"
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  "word": "plugin"
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    {
      "form": "plugins",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "word": "plug-in"
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          "text": "For [Anne] Helmond, the platformization of the web is a process whereby social media platforms[…]extend their tentacles into the rest of the web, following users in their browsing activities, using API plugins to permit Facebook commentary on far-flung websites, allowing Facebook the ability to sell users ads about things they were browsing, and generally connecting the web at large back into the closed Facebook platform.",
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          "ref": "2020, Tejas Mayekar, Destroyed In Seconds: 10 Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Website, page 6:",
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          "plug-in#English"
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