Working with Plug-Ins and Helper Applications
Many file types are available on the Internet. In addition to HTML, JSP, GIF, JPEG, and other files that are used to present a Web page, there are graphics, movies, sounds, and many other file types you can open and view. Internet Explorer can't work with all these file types directly, and fortunately, it doesn't have to. Internet Explorer and other Web browsers use plug-ins and helper applications to expand their capabilities so that they can work with files that they don't natively support.
Working with Plug-Ins
Plug-ins are software that can be incorporated into a Web browser when it opens (thus, the term plug-in). Internet plug-ins enable applications to display files that are of the specific ...
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