different between nodule vs podule

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?dulus (“small knot”), from n?dus (“knot”). Doublet of nodulus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dju?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n??d??u?l/

Noun

nodule (plural nodules)

1. A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Louden, edunol, louden, louned

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?dulus (“small knot”).

Noun

nodule m (plural nodules)

1. nodule, lump

Further reading

• “nodule” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ondule, ondulé

Latin

Noun

n?dule

1. vocative singular of n?dulus

English

Etymology

Blend of pod +? module

Noun

podule (plural podules)

1. (computing, dated) An expansion mechanism for ARM-based computer systems, generally a Eurocard-compatible printed circuit board that plugs into a backplane inside the machine.
   • 1987, Byte (volume 12, issues 10-11, page 126)

     The podules Acorn plans to release include network cards (for Econet and Ethernet), ROM cards containing application software, a MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) sound card, an extended I/O card, […]

   • 1989, Science Software (volume 5, page 231)

     The Archimedes version of the Chromalock is a plug-in podule.

   • 1990, Electronics World + Wireless World

     Acorn's Springboard is a PC card with an Arm chip, either 1Mbyte or 4Mbyte of ram and a 32-bit podule bus. The result is a simple and cheap multiprocessor system on a PC base […]

Usage notes

• Associated with Acorn Computers.

Anagrams

• Poudel, peludo