Basic Info Blog (EN): Plugins

A plugin is an application that relates to another application to give it a new function and usually it's a very specific one.
The plugins allow:

External developers to work with the main application to extend its functions
Reduce the size of the application
Separate application source code because of the incompatibility ofsoftware licenses

Some types of applications that often include plugins are:

Web browsers. Often require certain plug-ins that extend the capabilities of webpages for interactive content, videos and others like. A familiar example is the Adobe Flash plug-in that loads an interactive multimedia animations used, for example, to view videos.
Music players. Some allow add-ons to play formats that are not originally supported, sound effects or video, display or displays animationsthat move to the music you're listening to, among other options.Windows Media Player and Winamp support many of these options.
Content management systems. To change the appearance, add buttons or other content to web pages are added. WordPress plug-ins are well known.
And in general, any application can add support for accessories.

I will present to you a plugin used by MozillaFirefox, named Easy YouTube Video Downloader.

This application allows us to download videos straight from YouTube.

The application has the following features:

Supports all new 1080p Full-HD video downloads.
You can download the videos in HD only if the video is available in High Definition.
By downloading the video is saved with the original name of this post on YouTube.
It is one of the most useful plugins.

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