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by geofft 1840 days ago
Yeah, that's why I gave the definition above upthread. It's not compiled vs. script - it's whether it runs alongside the browser's own code, with the same OS access that the browser does, or whether it runs inside the browser, with a bit more access than web pages do.

By convention, "plug-in" means the former and "extension" means the latter. There is a big difference.