extensible
Able to extend
Extensible describes something designed to be extended or expanded.
The term appears most often in computing, where extensible software or systems allow users to add new features or capabilities without modifying the original code: an extensible markup language, The platform is highly extensible through plugins.
Outside technology, extensible simply means capable of being stretched or enlarged.
Made of separable units
- pluginModular software extension
- APISoftware communication standard
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- customizableAble to be modified
configurable · architecture · library · add-on · integration · interoperable · open-source · SDK
Capable of being extended
- extendableAble to increase length
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- accordionBellows-driven reed instrument
- unfoldableAble to expand outward
retractable · adjustable · collapsible · sectional · modular · segmented · articulated · jointed
Able to be modified
- modifiableAble to be changed
- configurableAble to be adjusted
- adjustableAble to be changed
- versatileCapable in varied contexts
reconfigurable · alterable · flexible · upgradable · evolvable · updatable · tweakable · amendable
modular
Made of separable units
- pluginModular software extension
- APISoftware communication standard
- frameworkUnderlying support system
customizable · configurable · architecture · library · add-on · integration · interoperable · open-source · SDK · codebase
stretchable
Capable of being extended
- extendableAble to increase length
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- accordionBellows-driven reed instrument
unfoldable · retractable · adjustable · collapsible · sectional · modular · segmented · articulated · jointed
customizable
Able to be modified
- modifiableAble to be changed
- configurableAble to be adjusted
- adjustableAble to be changed
versatile · reconfigurable · alterable · flexible · upgradable · evolvable · updatable · tweakable · amendable · convertible
extensibleinextensible
Unable to be lengthened
fixed · rigid · inflexible · unextendable · static
extensibleclosed
Not accessible now
hardcoded · monolithic · proprietary · sealed · legacy