Component
Component: Element within a larger system; a component can be hardware or software.
Definition
Element within a larger system; a component can be hardware or software. For hardware, it is a physical part of a subsystem that can be used to compose larger systems (e.g., circuit boards, internal modems, processors, computer memory). For software, it is a module of executable code that performs a well- defined function and interacts with other components.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
(1) Element within a larger system; a component can be hardware or software. For hardware, a physical part of a subsystem that can be used to compose larger systems (e.g., circuit boards, internal modems, processors, computer memory). For software, a module of executable code that performs a well-defined function and interacts with other components. (2) Individual elements or items that collectively comprise a device, e.g., circuit boards, internal modems, processors, disk drives, and computer memory.
- Definition 3
Element within a larger voting system.
- Definition 4
An “element within a larger system; a component can be hardware or software. For hardware, it is a physical part of a subsystem that can be used to compose larger systems (e.g., circuit boards, internal modems, processors, computer memory). For software, it is a MODULE of executable code that performs a well-defined f unction and interacts with other components. 2005 VVSG GLOSSARY.