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ActiveX Control

By Scott Orgera, About.com

Definition: This is a program, developed in one of a number of programming languages including C++ and Java, which can be embedded in a web page or downloaded from a web page and executed from within the browser itself. A browser must support ActiveX controls in order for this code to execute properly.
Also Known As: ActiveX
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