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Any of a set of units that can be arranged together in various ways. Also: A section of a machine or device that can be detached.

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  • The space module detached from the main spacecraft and landed on Mars.
  • Here, the term module refers to the web application and any EJB or connector archive files bundled within the application.
  • This module is a simple implementation of the XRDS-Simple spec.
  • When one module outshouts the rest, it controls behavior (for awhile, until another module is activated even more strongly).
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  • With the "model," (a small object, usually built to scale, that represents in detail another, often larger object) transportation city planners were able to devise modal (of or relating to mode without referring to substance) transportation system.
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