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Terminology, add-ons: update description (#34110)

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## Add-ons ## Add-ons
Depending on your [installation type](/installation), you can install third party add-ons. Add-ons are usually apps that can be run with Home Assistant but provide a quick and easy way to install, configure, and run within Home Assistant. Add-ons provide additional functionality whereas {% term integrations %} connect Home Assistant to other apps. Add-ons are third-party applications that provide additional functionality in Home Assistant. Add-ons run directly alongside Home Assistant, whereas {% term integrations %} connect Home Assistant to other apps. Add-ons are only supported by the {% term "Home Assistant Operating System" %} and {% term "Home Assistant Supervised" %} [installation type](/installation).
![Add-ons](/images/getting-started/add-ons.png) Add-ons are installed from the add-on store under {% my supervisor title="**Settings** > **Add-ons**" %}. If you are curious now and feel like installing every add-on that looks interesting: beware that add-ons can use quite a bit of resources in terms of disk space, memory, and additional load on the processor.
Among the most used add-ons are the ones that provide [file access and edit files](/docs/configuration/#to-set-up-access-to-the-files-and-prepare-an-editor) in Home Assistant.
<p class='img'><img src='/images/getting-started/add-ons.png' style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;' alt="Screenshot of the add-on page">Screenshot of the add-on page, showing all the installed add-ons on a test system.</p>
{% include getting-started/next_step.html step="Edit the dashboard" link="/getting-started/onboarding_dashboard/" %} {% include getting-started/next_step.html step="Edit the dashboard" link="/getting-started/onboarding_dashboard/" %}