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Subject: Re: Vocabulary matter: Component vs Element vs Item
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In my own experience:

1) "Element" is one of a collection of the same or similar type of thing, as in an array.  We have the chemical elements, too, which are all chemically irreducible pieces of matter.

2) "Component" is a member of a construct of (possibly) differing types of things.  I can have a component of a TV set, The Booch Components, or a record.

3) "Item" is a selection -- could be from a menu or not.  In a loop, the current constant is an item, regardless of whether it is an element, a selection from a container, or eggs and bacon. 

-- Eryndlia (KK1T)