- published: 15 Apr 2016
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Modularity is the degree to which a system's components may be separated and recombined. The meaning of the word, however, can vary somewhat by context:
The term modularity is widely used in studies of technological and organizational systems. Product systems are deemed “modular”, for example, when they can be decomposed into a number of components that may be mixed and matched in a variety of configurations. The components are able to connect, interact, or exchange resources (such as energy or data) in some way, by adhering to a standardized interface. Unlike a tightly integrated product whereby each component is designed to work specifically (and often exclusively) with other particular components in a tightly coupled system, modular products are systems of components that are “loosely coupled.”
In The Language of New Media, Lev Manovich proposes five “principles of new media”—to be understood “not as absolute laws but rather as general tendencies of a culture undergoing computerization.” The five principles are numerical representation, modularity, automation, variability,and transcoding. Modularity within new media represents new media as being composed of several separate self-sufficient modules that can act independently or together in synchronisation to complete the new media object. In Photoshop, modularity is most evident in layers; a single image can be composed of many layers, each of which can be treated as an entirely independent and separate entity. Websites can be defined as being modular, their structure is formed in a format that allows their contents to be changed, removed or edited whilst still retaining the structure of the website, this is because the websites content operates separately to the website and does not define the structure of the site. The entire Web, Manovich notes, has a modular structure, composed of independent sites and pages, and each webpage itself is composed of elements and code that can be independently modified.
This moment will too pass us by, it's this notion inside all of us
To prioritize through our selfish eyes
To be the bull behind the rampage, the reason for all the riot
We'll feed our flame before wasting time on everyone else's
With more problems and less pride
We'll feed our flame before wasting time on everyone else's
The gallows were not supposed to look like this
Oh God, we live in misery lying here in desperation
We need You here more than anything right now, right now
If everything's relative then why the emptiness in our souls?
If everything's relative then why the emptiness in our souls?
Trying to untie the knot we thought we were untying
Our entire lives we're busied up and burnt out
Everyone together we will strengthen ourselves
Everyone together we will strengthen ourselves
Everyone together we will strengthen ourselves, we will
Because now we know
You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still
You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still
Stop, listen and learn, stop, listen and learn
You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still
Stop, listen and learn
You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still
Stop, listen and learn
You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still
Stop, listen and learn
You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still