mod
1.
(module) The filename extension for a sampled music file
format that originated on the {Commodore} {Amiga}. A .MOD
file is composed of digitised sound samples, arranged in
patterns to create a song. There are .MOD players for most
{personal computer}s including {Amiga}, {Archimedes}, {IBM
PC}, and {Macintosh}.
An {IBM PC} will require a {sound card} capable of handling
digitised samples ({Sound Blaster}, {Sound Blaster Pro},
{GUS}) and slower {Intel 80386}-based PCs may not be able to
do anything else while playing a module.
.MOD files differ from .MID ({MIDI}) files in that they
contain sound samples. This allows each song to use different
sounds but it also puts more load on the {CPU} than playing a
MIDI file, since more data must be processed for each note. A
slow CPU would benefit from a sound card with {wavetable
synthesis} which handles samples instead of the CPU.
Module files come in various formats including .MOD. Formats
evolved from .MOD include .S3M, .FAR and .669. Most contain
improvements on .MODs.
{(http://www.eskimo.com/~future/mods.htm)}
2. modify or modification.
This abbreviation is very common - in fact the full terms are
considered formal. "Mods" is used especially with reference
to bug fixes or minor design changes in hardware or software,
most especially with respect to {patch} sets or a {diff}.
3.
A common name for the {modulo} operator. (1999-07-14)