It's a way of breaking the code up into modules. Modules that makes sense on their own. Modules that we can reuse in multiple places. Modules that, if you like, Isolate components of the process.

能将代码分解为模块,模块能够独自运作,我们能在很多地方再利用这些模块,如果你喜欢的话，模块可以被看作是过程独立的组成部分。

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And then in the intervening periods, they are on distant learning modules that the students complete.

其余时间，学生通过远程学习模式完成。

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As a unique selling point, both of the tablets can be upgraded to support mobile data connections via add-on modules.

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These add-on modules might be designed for measuring vibration, temperature or displacement in fields where precision is important, such as agriculture, aviation and the medical field.

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Like scoreboards, they also rely on modules, consisting of rows of LEDs illuminated at a lower voltage than most scoreboards and controlled over a secured Internet connection.

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