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A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɒdjuːl//ˈmɒd͡ʒuːl//ˈmɑd͡ʒul/Atlantic-Canada, General-American/ˈmɒd͡ʒul/Canada, dialectal
  1. A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.

  2. A standard unit of measure used for determining the proportions of a building.

  3. A section of a program; a subroutine or group of subroutines.

  4. A unit of education covering a single topic.

    Which modules are you studying next year?
  5. A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game.

  6. An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication.

  7. A fractal element.

  8. A file containing a music sequence that can be played in a tracker.

    I composed a number of techno and rave modules back in the 1990s.
  9. A contrivance for regulating the supply of water from an irrigation channel.

  10. An independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French module, from Latin modulus (“a small measure, a measure, mode, meter”), diminutive of modus (“measure”) (whence mode). Doublet of modulus and mold.

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