A program unit that is discrete and identifiable with respect to compiling, combining with other units, and loading. [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]
Module [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]:
- A logically separable part of a program.
- A set of source code files under version control that can be manipulated together as one.
- A collection of both data and the routines that act on it.
- The terms 'module', 'component,' and 'unit' are often used interchangeably or defined to be sub-elements of one another in different ways depending upon the context. The relationship of these terms is not yet standardized.
