component-based
Built from pieces
Component-based describes systems built from interchangeable, self-contained parts rather than as unified wholes.
In software, component-based architecture assembles applications from reusable modules: The team adopted a component-based approach to speed up development.
The concept extends to manufacturing, engineering, and design—anywhere modularity offers flexibility and easier maintenance.
Building design discipline
- modularMade of separable units
- reusableFit for repeated service
- encapsulationSurrounding on all sides
- ReactFrontend JavaScript framework
Vue · Angular · widgets · library · framework · composable · decoupled · maintainable
Constructing from components
- partsIndividual elements of whole
- subsystemsComponent parts of complexes
- standardizedMade uniform across cases
- interchangeableAble to replace another
prefabricated · mechanical · modular · manufacturing · integration · replacement · specifications · units
Interaction design abbreviation
- interfaceShared connection point
- atomicOf elemental particles
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- systemConnected parts forming whole
Figma · tokens · wireframe · prototyping · responsive · layout · grid · consistency
Closed electrical pathway
- PCBElectronic component substrate
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
- resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
- capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
transistor · IC · breadboard · schematic · Arduino · sensors · microcontroller · daughterboard
architecture
Building design discipline
- modularMade of separable units
- reusableFit for repeated service
- encapsulationSurrounding on all sides
React · Vue · Angular · widgets · library · framework · composable · decoupled · maintainable · scalable
assembly
Constructing from components
- partsIndividual elements of whole
- subsystemsComponent parts of complexes
- standardizedMade uniform across cases
interchangeable · prefabricated · mechanical · modular · manufacturing · integration · replacement · specifications · units · CAD
UI
Interaction design abbreviation
- interfaceShared connection point
- atomicOf elemental particles
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
system · Figma · tokens · wireframe · prototyping · responsive · layout · grid · consistency · variants
circuit
Closed electrical pathway
- PCBElectronic component substrate
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
- resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
capacitor · transistor · IC · breadboard · schematic · Arduino · sensors · microcontroller · daughterboard · headers
component-basedmonolithic
Massive and undifferentiated
unified · indivisible · all-in-one · integrated · unitary
component-basedmonolithic
Massive and undifferentiated
spaghetti code · unstructured · procedural · ad-hoc · hardcoded
component, based, base, components, basing, bases, compose, composed, composer