In software engineering, extensibility (not to be confused with forward compatibility) is a system design principle where the implementation takes future growth into consideration. It is a systemic measure of the ability to extend a system and the level of effort required to implement the extension. Extensions can be through the addition of new fu... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensibility
Ex·ten`si·bil'i·ty noun The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/95