| English | German |
| browser plug-in | Browser-Plugin (A kind of software that lets a standard web browser display and run specific types of content, such as media files, animations, and interactive forms) |
| cache plug-in | Cache-Plug-In (A type of plug-in that enables a Windows Media server to provide cache and proxy support for another Windows Media server) |
| control protocol plug-in | Steuerungsprotokoll-Plug-In (A type of plug-in that enables a Windows Media server to communicate with clients and other servers through different network protocols) |
| custom plug-in | benutzerdefiniertes Plug-In (A type of plug-in created by a third-party vendor that is tightly integrated with the Windows Media Services platform architecture) |
| data source plug-in | Datenquellen-Plug-In (A type of plug-in that enables a Windows Media server to use different storage systems) |
| data writer plug-in | Datenschreiber-Plug-In (A type of plug-in that enables a Windows Media server to deliver content as a unicast stream, as a multicast stream, or to an archive file) |
| media parser plug-in | Medienparser-Plug-In (A type of plug-in that that can read different file formats) |
| Monitoring Plug-in for Report Designer | Monitoring-Plug-In für Berichts-Designer (A data processing extension (DPE) that is deployed to Report Designer, a Visual Studio component. This DPE allows Report Designer to communicate with the Monitoring System database and allows Visual Studio users to customize the PerformancePoint Monitoring metadata that is contained within reports) |
| Non-Plug and Play | nicht Plug & Play-fähig (Pertaining to a device, such as a game controller or printer, that does not automatically work when you plug it in to your computer. After connecting it to your computer, you have to install the necessary drivers and configure the hardware settings) |
| playlist parser plug-in | Wiedergabelistenparser-Plug-In (A type of plug-in that parses system or custom playlist formats and transforms them into SMIL-compliant XML DOM objects supported by Windows Media Services) |
| Plug and Play | Plug & Play (A type of device, such as a game controller or printer, that automatically works when you connect it to your computer. The computer configures the settings and installs the necessary drivers by itself) |
| Plug and Play BIOS | Plug & Play-BIOS (A BIOS with responsibility for configuring Plug and Play cards and system-board devices during system power up. Provides runtime configuration services for system board devices after startup) |
| plug-and-play extensions | Plug & Play-Erweiterungen (A technology that makes a loosely-connected device look like a tightly-coupled device and provides identical experience for network connected devices as directly connected devices) |
| plug-in | Plug-In (An auxiliary software component that extends or enhances the features of other software) |
| Silverlight plug-in | Silverlight-Plug-In (A plug-in that users download to run a Silverlight-based application in their browser. This term also refers to the component embedded in a Web page that renders Silverlight content) |
| Visual Studio Plug-in | Visual Studio-Plug-In (A plug-in on a developer system, with which you can access the actual line of defective source code via Microsoft Visual Studio .NET) |
