modularity
(mɒdjʊˈlærɪtɪ)
[f. modular a. + -ity.]
The property of being modular; use of modules in design or construction.
| 1937 Architectural Forum Apr. 252/2 The unit used in this kind of modular design may be defined as the ‘multiple module’. Modularity of this kind has much greater potentialities as an integrating factor for building as a whole. 1964 Fisher & Swindle Computer Programming Syst. iv. 219 A growing trend in the design and implementation of input/output control systems is the concept of modularity. 1966 L. B. Anderson in G. Kepes Module, Symmetry, Proportion 112 Modularity in architecture is no respecter of scales. 1968 Brit. Med. Bull. XXIV. 192/1 In 1965–66 the manufacturers introduced the so-called ‘third generation computers’, whose principal feature was their modularity. 1970 Times 7 May 35 These [digital transmitters] will be of more complex construction..and impose the need for modularity in design to ease servicing. 1975 Sci. Amer. Jan. 50/2 (Advt.), Pop-in modularity makes it easy to replace logic boards when needed, without tools. |