The difference between Mod and Modulus

When used as nouns, mod means an unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in england in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses, whereas modulus means the base with respect to which a congruence is computed.


Mod is also verb with the meaning: to modify an object from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.

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  1. Mod as a noun (uncountable):

    An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.

  2. Mod as a noun (UK):

    a 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.

  3. Mod as a noun (video games):

    An end user-created containing s to the code of a video game.

  4. Mod as a noun (Internet):

    A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.

  5. Mod as a noun (computing, informal):

    A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).

  6. Mod as a noun (rock climbing):

    A moderately difficult route.

  7. Mod as a noun (in the plural, Oxford University, informal):

    Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.

  8. Mod as a noun (mathematics, programming):

  1. Mod as a verb (slang):

    To modify an object from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.

    Examples:

    "His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his [[wikipedia:Honda_Ruckus Ruckus]]."

  2. Mod as a verb:

    To moderate; to silence or punish a rule-breaking user on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.

    Examples:

    "Don't break the rules or you'll be modded."

  1. Mod as an adjective:

  1. Mod as a noun:

    A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.

  1. Modulus as a noun (mathematics):

    The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.

  2. Modulus as a noun (mathematics):

    The absolute value of a complex number.

  3. Modulus as a noun (physics):

    A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance.

  4. Modulus as a noun (computing, programming):

    An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.

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