A module that iS a firSt claSS data object of the programming language, e.g. a record containing functionS. In a functional language, it iSStandard to have firSt claSS programS, So program building blockS can have the Same StatuS. {ClauS Reinke' S Virtual BookShelf (http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~cr/bib/bookShelf/ModuleS.html)}. (2004-01-26)