module
A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.
Other meanings
A standard unit of measure used for determining the proportions of a building.
A section of a program; a subroutine or group of subroutines.
A kind of
- component
Kinds of module
- cartridge
- power module
Related words
- Clifford module
- command and service module
- e-module
- load module
- module pattern
- noetherian module
- Noetherian module
- R-module
- module theory
- modular
- lunar module
- bimodule
Word history
From Latin "modulus" (a small measure, a measure, mode, meter).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “module” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.