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Definition

A module is a self-contained part of a larger system, model architecture, or software pipeline.
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Plain-Language Explanation

A module is a bounded component that groups related behavior behind a defined interface. Modules can be combined into a larger software or model architecture.
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Why It Matters

Clear module boundaries make a system easier to understand, test, replace, and govern. Weak boundaries spread assumptions and make changes ripple across the system.
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Example

An AI application keeps retrieval, policy checks, model calls, and audit logging in separate modules with explicit inputs and outputs.
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Common Misconception

A module is not merely any file or folder. The useful concept is a coherent responsibility and boundary, though a language may also give module a specific technical meaning.
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Remember It This Way

A module groups one responsibility behind a boundary.
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Related Terms

* [[system|System]] * [[application-programming-interface|Application Programming Interface]] * [[workflow|Workflow]] * [[orchestration|Orchestration]]
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Sources

* [Python Software Foundation, “Python Glossary: module”](https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-module) — provides one concrete language-level example of a module as an organizational unit with its own namespace.
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* Compare [[system|System]], [[application-programming-interface|Application Programming Interface]], [[workflow|Workflow]], and [[orchestration|Orchestration]] to place Module in the surrounding system. * Follow the cited source material above for the method, standard, or research context behind this draft.
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