: being or able to be added to and enclosed within an existing system (such as a computer)
add-in hardware
add-in
noun
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Certain smoothie add-ins can load them with extra sugar and strip away fiber.
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Christina Manian, Health, 31 Dec. 2025
Optional add-ins of dill weed, garlic powder, and hot pepper flakes are welcome.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
A Little Something Extra Shaw points out that some of the top add-ins her bakery likes to incorporate have been pistachios and matcha.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Dec. 2025
Limitations in bus bandwidth led GPUs (and other add-in cards that might require high-bandwidth memory) to move away from accessing a PC’s system memory and instead rely on the GPU’s own dedicated memory.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Nov. 2025
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Christina Manian, Health, 31 Dec. 2025
Optional add-ins of dill weed, garlic powder, and hot pepper flakes are welcome.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
A Little Something Extra Shaw points out that some of the top add-ins her bakery likes to incorporate have been pistachios and matcha.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Dec. 2025
Limitations in bus bandwidth led GPUs (and other add-in cards that might require high-bandwidth memory) to move away from accessing a PC’s system memory and instead rely on the GPU’s own dedicated memory.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Add-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/add-in. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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