What's difference between component, extension and plugin?

Question

Maybe for each different language, these three things have a different meaning depending on the context, but in general can you define a difference in terminology between these three things?

Answer 1

An extension is an extended capability of something, for example a well known extension of CSS is SASS - in which I recommend developers check to simplify their code - where code is significantly truncated, and easier to maintain. Plugins are the same similarly as they "extend", "add on" or preferably add "customization" to an existing program - it's also known as a "software component" because it's adding new features to what already exists. A component is a reusable program that can be combined with other components to form an application - think of them as classes/modules.

Answer 2

i think you found this words in different sources(plugins - extension CERTAIN framework/platform,extension - extension CERTAIN framework/platform,component - extension DIFFERENT framework/platform)
something like that