modularity

[moj-uh-lar-i-tee, mod-yuh-]

noun

the use of individually distinct functional units, as in assembling an electronic or mechanical system.

Origin of modularity

First recorded in 1935–40; modular + -ity

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Historical Examples of modularity

Debugging of that unit was exceedingly laborious because of the lack of modularity in its components.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969
H. W. Fulbright et al.

Word Origin and History for modularity

n.

1909, from modular + -ity.

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