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1)	one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

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faculty mental_faculty

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ability attention language memory intellect sensation volition

2)	detachable compartment of a spacecraft

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3)	computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware)

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computer_circuit computer

4)	a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components

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component system cartridge power_module

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. An independent piece of software which forms part of one or more larger programs. Different languages have different concepts of a module but there are several common ideas.

Modules are usually compiled seperately (in compiled languages) and provide an abstraction or information hiding mechanism so that a module's implementation can be changed without requiring any change to other modules. In this respect they are similar to objects in an object-oriented language, though a module may contain many procedures and/or functions which would correspond to many objects.

A module often has its own name space for identifiers so the same identifier may be used to mean different things in different modules.

[Difference from package?].

2. An independent assembly of electronic components with some distinct function, e.g. a RAM module consisting of several RAM chips mounted on a small circuit board.

(1997-10-27)

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