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Module, modular and modularity may refer to the concept of modularity. They may also refer to:

Computing and engineering

Computer software

  • Modular programming, a software design technique
  • Loadable kernel module, an object file that contains code to extend the running kernel
  • Environment Modules
    , a software tool designed to help users manage their UNIX or Linux shell environment
  • Modula-2 or Modula-3, programming languages which stress the use of modules

Computer hardware

  • Computer module, an early packaging technique that combined several electronic components to produce a single logic element
  • Memory module, a physical "stick" of RAM, an essential piece of computer hardware
  • Multi-chip module, a modern technique that combines several complex computer chips into a single larger unit

Science and mathematics

  • Module (mathematics) over a ring, a generalization of vector spaces
  • G-module over a group G, in mathematics
  • Modular lattice a kind of partially ordered set
  • Modularity theorem (formerly Taniyama–Shimura conjecture), a connection between elliptic curves and modular forms
  • Module, in connection with modular decomposition of a graph, a kind of generalisation of graph components
  • Modularity (networks), a benefit function that measures the quality of a division of a Complex network into communities
  • Protein module or protein domain, a section of a protein with its own distinct conformation, often conserved in evolution
  • A
    cis-regulatory module
    , a stretch of DNA containing a number of genes that share joint regulation by the same transcription factors

Music

Other uses

  • open source hardware
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  • NTC Module, a Russian research and development center
  • ModulArt
    , a technique used in contemporary art where a large-structure painting is made up of multiple smaller modules.
  • Ford Modular engine, Ford's line of OHC V8 and V10 motors
  • Volvo Modular engine
  • Game module
    or expansion, an add-on publication for a role-playing game
  • Vitruvian module, an architectural measure
  • A class, course, or unit of education covering a single topic

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