| Subject | English | Chinese Taiwan |
| comp., MS | browser plug-in | 瀏覽器外掛程式 (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) |
| comp., MS | cache plug-in | 快取區外掛程式 (A type of plug-in that enables a Windows Media server to provide cache and proxy support for another Windows Media server) |
| comp., MS | control protocol plug-in | 控制項通訊協定外掛程式 (A type of plug-in that enables a Windows Media server to communicate with clients and other servers through different network protocols) |
| comp., MS | custom plug-in | 自訂外掛程式 (A type of plug-in created by a third-party vendor that is tightly integrated with the Windows Media Services platform architecture) |
| comp., MS | data source plug-in | 資料來源外掛程式 (A type of plug-in that enables a Windows Media server to use different storage systems) |
| comp., MS | data writer plug-in | 資料寫入器外掛程式 (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) |
| comp., MS | media parser plug-in | 媒體剖析器外掛程式 (A type of plug-in that that can read different file formats) |
| comp., MS | Non-Plug and Play | 非隨插即用 (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) |
| comp., MS | playlist parser plug-in | 播放清單剖析器外掛程式 (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) |
| comp., MS | Plug and Play | 隨插即用 (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) |
| comp., MS | Plug and Play BIOS | 隨插即用 Plug and 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) |
| comp., MS | plug-and-play extensions | 隨插即用擴充 (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) |
| comp., MS | plug-in | 外掛程式 (An auxiliary software component that extends or enhances the features of other software) |
| comp., MS | Silverlight plug-in | Silverlight 外掛程式 (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) |