What is Component?
{{Wiktionary|component}} '''Component''' could mean: * [[Electronic component]], part of electronic circuits * Component [[ingredient]], the main ingredient in a food * [[Component video]], a type of [[Analog television|analog video]] information that is sent or stored as two or more separate signals * [[Symmetrical component]], in electrical engineering, analysis of unbalanced [[Three-phase electric power|three-phase power]] systems * [[Component-based software engineering]], a field of study within software engineering dealing with software components, reusable software elements with a specification * [[Component (thermodynamics)]], a chemically distinct part of a phase of a system * Component (VTA), a light-rail station in [[San Jose, California]] *[[Lumped component]], a model of spatially distributed systems ==In math== * [[Component (group theory)]], a quasisimple subnormal subgroup * [[Connected component (analysis)]], a maximal set where there exists a path between any two elements, also known as a ''path component'' * [[Connected component (graph theory)]], a maximal connected subgraph * [[Connected component (topology)]], a maximal connected subspace of a [[topological space]] * [[Vector]] component, a term in the breaking down of a vector into various directions such as axial, radial or tangential {{disambig}}