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A **shim** is a piece of code used to correct the behavior of code that already exists, usually by adding new API that works around the problem. This differs from a {{Glossary("polyfill")}}, which implements a new API that is not supported by the stock browser as shipped.
## See also
-[Shim](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shim_(computing)>) on Wikipedia