separate module
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separate
adjective
uk/ˈsep.ər.ət/us/ˈsep.ɚ.ət/
existing or happening independently or in a different ...
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noun[C]
uk/ˈmɒdʒ.uːl/us/ˈmɑː.dʒuːl/
one of a set of separate parts that, when combined, form a ...
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However, the studies do support the theory that language did not evolve as aseparatemodulebut rather within a more domain-general action-perception network.
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The simplest approach is to build aseparatemodulefor each task, and connect these modules via a one-way pipeline.
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Due to the de-centralised database and networking possibilities, it was decided to develop aseparatemodulefor each of these functions.
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Generally simple functions like this are part of a larger behavioral module, instead of having aseparatemodulefor something so simple.
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More sophisticated modular programming allows aseparatemodulescope, where names are visible within the module (private to the module) but not visible outside it.
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Now how do all these outputs from these separate modules get glued together?
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Moreover, parentheticals also have an exceptional status within the separate modules.
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In accounting software, journal entries are usually entered using aseparatemodulefrom accounts payable, which typically has its own subledger that indirectly affects the general ledger.
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Standard neuropsychological reasoning would interpret this double dissociation as evidence of separate modules for abstract and concrete words, but there is no such modularization.
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An obvious way of combining language and speech generation in a data-to-speech system is to incorporate them as two separate modules whose interface consists of plain text.
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There are separate modules for source organs or organ replacement technologies, patients, the waiting list, the matching decision regimen, transplant centers, and pre- and post- transplant natural history.
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An oil rig or exploration device may be made up of a series of separate modules, and the test would apply to each part.
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Given that the tree may involve both textual and graphic elements, the unparser may have two separate modules, each of which handles the relevant components.
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The design used a semi-modular approach with individual channels in separate modules.
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Often models have separate modules to address individual steps in the simulation process.
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To pass the practical motorcycle test candidates need to pass its two separate modules within two years of passing their motorcycle theory test.
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In this form, separate modules respond to different stimuli and generate their own responses.
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The spacecraft also has no ability to split into separate modules.
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