module

A separate part of a larger system that can often be added, removed, or replaced.

• This module controls the lights.
• The technician replaced the damaged module.
• Extra modules can be added as the system grows.

Similar words: unit, component

Common phrases: control module, replace a module, battery module

A part of a course that focuses on one subject.

• This module covers basic chemistry.
• Which modules are you taking next term?
• She passed the final assessment for her history module.

How to use it: module on/in something (I took a module on modern poetry.)

Similar words: unit, course unit

Common phrases: compulsory module, take a module, module on something

A separate section of a computer program that performs a particular task.

• This module checks user passwords.
• We imported a module for handling dates.
• The developer found an error in the payment module.

Similar words: component

Common phrases: software module, import a module, module name

A music file containing sounds and instructions for playing them in a program called a tracker.

• The tracker played my module.
• She composed several modules using drum samples.
• This old module still plays correctly in modern software.

Similar words: mod

Common phrases: music module, tracker module, play a module