In general, a thing's components are its parts; the things that compose it. Components are those identifiable, differentiable and autonomous elements that compose a system. A system is an assemblage of inter-related elements comprising a unified whole. ...
In telecommunication and computing, a component is an assembly, or part thereof, that is essential to the operation of some larger assembly and is an immediate subdivision of the assembly to which it belongs. For example, a radio receiver may be a component of a complete radio set consisting of a combined transmitter-receiver, i.e., a transceiver. The same radio receiver could also be a subsystem of the combined transmitter-receiver, in which case the IF amplifier section would be a component of the receiver but not of the radio set. Similarly, within the IF amplifier section, items, such as resistors, capacitors, vacuum tubes, and transistors, are components of that section.
In logistics, a component is a part, or combination of parts having a specified function, that can only be installed or replaced as an entity.
In electrical engineering, polyphase AC power systems are analyzed using symmetrical components.
In manufacturing, a component is an assembly or any combination of parts, subassemblies, and assemblies mounted together in manufacture, assembly, maintenance, or rebuilding.
In physics, a component of a vector is its projection onto one of the axes of a coordinate system; for example only the horizontal and vertical components of the movement of a body.
Somewhat more generally, in mathematics, the components of a tuple are the scalars that are its entries.
In Arthroplasty and Joint Replacement Surgerycomponents are the terms used for the individual prosthetic elements of the artificial joint. For example, in Knee replacement femoral and tibial components are used for the thighbone part and the shin part of the knee respectively.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.
In physics, a component of a vector is its projection onto one of the axes of a coordinate system; for example only the horizontal and verticalcomponents of the movement of a body.
It claims that softwarecomponents, like the idea of a hardware component used e.g., in telecommunication, can be ultimately made interchangeable and reliable.
Softwarecomponents often take the form of objects (from Object Oriented Programming), in some binary or textual form, adhering to some interface description language (IDL) so that the component may exist autonomously from other components in a computer.
When a component is to be accessed or shared across execution contexts or network links, some form of serialization (also known as marshalling) is employed to turn the component or one of its interfaces into a bitstream.
Feeds |
Contact