ostensible

adj 1: appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his

apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the

committee investigated some apparent discrepancies";

"the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming

honesty" [syn: {apparent(a)}, {seeming(a)}]

2: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible

purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" [syn: {ostensive}]

extensible

Said of a system (e.g., {program}, {file

format}, {programming language}, {protocol}, etc.) designed to

easily allow the addition of new {features} at a later date,

e.g. through the use of {hooks}, an {API} or {plug-ins}.

See also {extend}, {forward compatible}.

(1998-01-15)