modular components
Plug-and-play pieces
Modular components are parts designed to connect, combine, or interchange with other parts in a standardized system.
The term appears in engineering, software, furniture, and architecture—anywhere systems are built from interchangeable pieces: The synthesizer uses modular components that can be rearranged.
Modularity allows flexibility, easier repair, and incremental upgrades without replacing the whole.
- reusabilityCapacity for repeated application
- hot-swappableExchangeable during operation
- swap outReplace with alternative
- modularityDivisibility into independent units
- plug-and-playRequiring no manual configuration
plug and play · scalability · standardization · interface design · containerization · components · loose coupling · abstraction · encapsulation · interoperability · mix and match · LEGO · cost efficiency · assembly · snap · prefabricated buildings · flat pack · adaptability