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Modular vs Scalable - What's the difference?

modular | scalable |

As adjectives the difference between modular and scalable

is that modular is consisting of separate modules; especially where each module performs or fulfills some specified function and could be replaced by a similar module for the same function, independently of the other modules while scalable is capable of being climbed.

modular

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Consisting of separate modules; especially where each module performs or fulfills some specified function and could be replaced by a similar module for the same function, independently of the other modules.
  • (chiefly, mathematics) Of or relating to a module or modules.

    • Antonyms

    * (consisting of separate modules) monolithic

    Derived terms

    * (modular design)

    Related terms

    * modularize/modularise * module * modularized ----

    scalable

    English

    (wikipedia scalable)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being climbed.
  • Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.
  • *2011 , David Runciman, "Socialism in One Country", London Review of Books , XXXIII.15:
  • *:To use one of the ugliest words in the contemporary lexicon, Glasman and his colleagues believe that micro-democracy is scalable : get it right at the local level, and the rest will follow.

    • Derived terms

    * scalability

    References

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