Last week in class we learned about modularity which means that systems have interchangeable parts. I think that it is really cool that Legos was apart of last weeks discussion because I used to always play with Legos. I used to always put the model that I was building together, and then maybe play with it for a couple of weeks. After a while I got sick of playing with the same thing, so what I would do is I would take it apart and rebuild something else with the parts that had with other Lego sets.
This can relate a lot to a computer system because a computer system are like Legos only at a much more complicated level. Even when it comes to building a computer you can put interchangeable parts into the computer. For example using a key board on different computers would work as modularity. Most of the hardware on computers can be interchangable with other computers. You can just swap it out and replace the part. For example replacing a fan in a computer is easily replace just by changing the fan.
Another thing that falls into the category of modularity are computer programs. The only problem with this is that you can't do it with all computers. Like trying to make a word document run on a Mac if the Mac doesn't have Microsoft Office
I really like your post, i loved legos as a kid too! and i couldnt agree more, legos are just like the modularity in computers. I wonder if you can make a pc out of any old parts, like from a computer dump so to speak, with the exception of interchanging mac and pc parts, which may not be compatible.
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