komponen

Komponen is a word in Indonesian and Malay that denotes a part or constituent of a larger whole. It is often used in technical and scientific contexts to refer to a physical or logical part that performs a function within a system. The term is typically borrowed from English 'component' and has become standard in modern Indonesian and Malay for specialized usage, while more general terms like bagian or unsur may be used in everyday language.

In electronics and electrical engineering, komponen refers to individual circuit elements such as resistors, capacitors, diodes, and integrated circuits that form a circuit. In computing and software engineering, it describes modular parts of a software system or library that can be independently developed and replaced, as in component-based software engineering.

In mathematics and physics, a vector or quantity can be expressed in terms of its components, the projections along coordinate axes, or other basis directions. In data analysis, komponen is used in methods such as principal component analysis to describe orthogonal directions that capture the most variance in data.

The word also appears in broader contexts, including product design and manufacturing, where a komponen is a building block of a larger device. Etymologically, it derives from the English component, through Indonesian and Malay adoption. See also: bagian, unsur, elemen.