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A '''module''' (Latin ''modulus'', a measure) is a term that was in use among [[Classical architecture|Roman architects]], corresponding to the semidiameter of the [[column]] at its base. The term was first set forth by [[Vitruvius]] (book iv.3), and was employed by architects in the Italian [[Renaissance]] to determine the relative proportions of the various parts of the [[Classical orders]]. The module was divided by the 16th century theorists into thirty parts, called minutes, allowing for much greater accuracy than was thought necessary by Vitruvius, whose subdivision was usually six parts. The tendency in [[Beaux Arts]] architectural training was to adopt the whole columnar diameter as the module when determining the height of the column or entablature or any of their subdivisions.
Thus module can to mean more generally a unitary part that gives the measurements for the whole. In education, for example, lessons may be divided into modules.
A '''module''' is a self-contained component of a system, which has a well-defined interface to the other components; something is '''modular''' if it is [[construction|constructed]] so as to facilitate easy [[assembly]], flexible arrangement, and/or [[repair]] of the components.
A '''module''' is a self-contained component of a system, which has a well-defined interface to the other components; something is '''modular''' if it is [[construction|constructed]] so as to facilitate easy [[assembly]], flexible arrangement, and/or [[repair]] of the components.


*For modules in the [[Linux]] operating system kernel, see [[module (Linux)]].
* For modules in the architecture sense, see [[Vitruvian module]]
 
* For modules in the [[Linux]] operating system kernel, see [[module (Linux)]].
*For modules in [[abstract algebra]], see [[module (mathematics)]].
* For modules in [[abstract algebra]], see [[module (mathematics)]].


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A module is a self-contained component of a system, which has a well-defined interface to the other components; something is modular if it is constructed so as to facilitate easy assembly, flexible arrangement, and/or repair of the components.

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