He backed the move away from a modular system and plans for there to be only one board to examine in English, mathematics or the sciences.

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Contrast this with Linux, which is a modular system.

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Superbot is in fact a modular robotic system consisting of individual cube-shaped units as small as one square inch that are capable of attaching themselves to and communicating with other modules to create larger robots capable of carrying out a wide range of tasks.

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The HP Moonshot 1500 System uses a modular, server cartridge and an ecosystem approach including a wide range of silicon partners to differentiate based on choice of workloads and acceleration technologies.

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The innovative Audi MIB modular infotainment system introduces a new powerful computing module, MMX, which is based on the NVIDIA Tegra Visual Computing Module (VCM).

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All the same, this report has argued that, on a balance of probabilities, banks that are smaller, more modular and better capitalised are less of a risk to the system than those that are very large and interconnected.

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Their modular hydroponic system -- where plants sit in a soil-free set up with nutrients delivered through irrigation channels -- can be retrofitted to just about any wall.

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But Education Secretary Michael Gove has said he wants this modular system to end, to halt what he calls a "culture of re-sits" and restore rigour to the exams system.

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