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module

noun
/ˈmɒd͡ʒuːl//ˈmɑd͡ʒul/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from modulus
  2. borrowed from module

Definitions

  1. A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined…

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

    • Class modules are similar to form modules except they do not have a visible interface (GUI).
    • When there is more than one protected module in memory, the rules for accessing the code and data sections of a given module treat all the other modules as if they were unprotected memory.
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    1. A unit of education covering a single topic.

      • Which modules are you studying next year?

    2. A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game.

      • Dragonborn […] first appeared in the Dragons of Despair module (1984) for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as “dragonmen.”

    3. An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring…

      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.

      • Modules over a ring are a generalization of abelian groups (which are modules over #92;textstyle#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;).
      • Approximately forty-five years ago K. Morita presented the first major results on equivalences and dualities between categories of modules over a pair of rings.
      • One defines in like manner right K-modules and two-sided K-modules. If K is commutative, then every left K-module is automatically equipped with the structure of right and a two-sided K-module.

    4. A fractal element.

    5. 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.

    6. A contrivance for regulating the supply of water from an irrigation channel.

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

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Derived

bimodule, body control module, Clifford module, command and service module, comodule, contramodule, cryomodule, cryptomodule, cyclic module, e-module, glycomodule, hypermodule, intermodule, intramodule, load module, lunar module, micromodule, minimodule, modular, modularise, modularised, modularize, modularized, modulate, modulation, modulator, moduled, module pattern, module theory, modulization, modulize, modulus, monogenous module, multimodule, nanomodule, noetherian module, podule, R-module, semimodule, submodule · +3 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at module. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at module. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at module

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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