Version 6 of What 'extension' means

Updated 2005-07-14 20:18:46

What's the intent of this page - to provide more info than extension provides?

If so - what?

Here's some examples of the word extension in use to help you better understand its meaning:

extension ladder: Used by firemen to rescue people from buildings. Also used by painters to paint high areas.

extension cord: Used to extend the power cord for different electrical devices.

Tcl extension: Used by computer programmers to extend the functionality of the Tcl computer programming language.

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