In the world of engineering disciple and programming, a component is an identifiable part of a larger code or construction. It is been formed by combining multiple sets of lines of code that provides a particular function or a group related functions.

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A component in an Object-Oriented-Programming or in a distributed system is the reusable code that acts as a building block code when combined with other or the same computer in a distributed network to form an application.