Etymology

Noun

1. 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 subroutine.
4. A unit of education covering a single topic.
5. A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game.
6. An abelian group.

   K-module, module over K

7. An algebraic structure which behaves just like a vector space over a field F, except that F is replaced by K, a commutative ring with unit.

   Any module extends easily into a $\backslash mathbb\{Z\}$-module.

8. A file containing a music sequence that can be played in a tracker (called also mod or music module).

Related terms

• mode
• model
• moderate
• modularize/modularise
• modular
• modularized
• modulate
• modulation
• modulator
• modulus
• command module
• lunar module