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Today there are very few designs that do not incorporate a number of standard components. This applies to almost everything we meet in everyday life — the light-fitting overhead, the bicycle we ride, or the car we drive. All these contain a large number of standard components. Perhaps the only exception might be the free plastic toy that leapt from the cornflake packet at breakfast time!
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© 1996 R. M. Black
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Black, R. (1996). Standard Components. In: Design and Manufacture. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13429-8_4
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