Disambiguation evidence for Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) via surface form

"NPAPI"


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Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "NPAPI".

Predicate Object
category application programming interface
category web technology
component NPAPI plugin
defines interfaces for drawing into browser windows
defines interfaces for scripting from JavaScript
defines interfaces for streaming data
defines plugin lifecycle callbacks
deprecatedFor compatibility with modern web standards
deprecatedFor performance reasons
deprecatedFor security reasons
deprecatedFor stability reasons
designGoal browser-independent plugin model
designGoal cross-platform plugin interface
developedBy Netscape Communications Corporation
fullName Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface
influenced ActiveX
surface form: ActiveX browser plugins
influenced Pepper Plugin API
influenced browser extension architectures
introducedIn mid-1990s
limitation limited support for mobile browsers
limitation poor compatibility with multi-process browser architectures
notablePluginType Flash (software)
surface form: Adobe Flash Player plugin
notablePluginType Oracle Java plugin
notablePluginType Silverlight plugin
originatedIn Netscape Navigator
surface form: Netscape Navigator 2
platform web browser
purpose to allow third-party plugins to run inside web pages
replacedBy HTML5
surface form: HTML5 web technologies
replacedBy JavaScript APIs
replacedBy Pepper Plugin API
replacedBy WebAssembly specification
surface form: WebAssembly
securityIssue arbitrary native code execution in browser process
securityIssue frequent remote code execution vulnerabilities
securityIssue sandboxing limitations
status deprecated
status largely unsupported in modern browsers
supportEndedIn Google Chrome 45
supportEndedIn Mozilla Firefox 52 ESR for most users
supports Java applet plugins
supports PDF viewer plugins
supports binary native code plugins
supports media player plugins
supports proprietary streaming plugins
usedBy Google Chrome
usedBy Mozilla Firefox
usedBy Netscape Navigator
usedBy Opera
usedBy Safari

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surface form: Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface