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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:42, 21 November 2003</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Modular [[hardware requirements|hardware]]''' breaks down into reusable parts.  When one part fails or must be upgraded, it can be quickly replaced with another of the same or similar type, without disrupting everything else.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Modular [[hardware requirements|hardware]]''' breaks down into reusable parts.  When one part fails or must be upgraded, it can be quickly replaced with another of the same or similar type, without disrupting everything else<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.  Usually this is impossible without a clear and widespread [[hardware standard]] supported by many manufacturers over a long time and many similar models of the same hardware product</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This </del>makes [[product take-back]] simpler and more desirable to the producer.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Relying on modular parts </ins>makes [[product take-back]] simpler and more desirable to the producer <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">- they can use many or most of the parts in [[rebuilt hardware]]</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; 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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Modular [[hardware requirements|hardware]]&#039;&#039;&#039; breaks down into reusable parts. When one part fails or must be upgraded, it can be quickly replaced with another of the same or similar type, without disrupting everything else.<br /> <br /> This makes [[product take-back]] simpler and more desirable to the producer.<br /> <br /> Relying on it is part of any [[healthy signal infrastructure]], because it reduces the amount of [[obsolete]] hardware that will become [[toxic waste]]. When such waste is electronic, it is often referred to as [[e-waste]].</div>

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