A browser plug-in developed by Microsoft to allow for multimedia control on the Web.

A framework devised by Microsoft Corporation for how different programs can work together over the Internet. Contrast with Java.

ActiveX is a Microsoft technology used on the Internet . ActiveX controls can be downloaded from the Internet. These controls are "activated" by the web browser perform a variety of different functions. There are Active X controls which allow you to view Microsoft word documents via the web browser, play animated graphical effects, display interactive maps. As the name suggests they make the web page "active". ActiveX controls provide similar functionality to Java Applets.