Physical Views Component: A component is a physical unit of implementation with well-defined interfaces that is intended to be used as a replaceable part of a system. Each component embodies the implementation of certain classes from the system design.

Physical Views Well designed components do not depend directly on other components but on interfaces that components support. In that cases, a component in a system can be replaced by another component that supports the proper interfaces.

Physical Views Interface: An interface is a list of operations supported by a piece of software or hardware Dictionary spell-check synonyms ComponentInterface

Physical Views Component Diagram Shows the software components or modules and their dependencies

Physical Views Class Scheduler Class Registration GUI Schedule Update Schedule Retrieval Registration usage dependency