PowerShell Module

Definitions

1. A self-contained, reusable package of PowerShell functions, cmdlets, variables, and resources distributed as a .psm1 file (script module) or compiled .dll (binary module) and described by a manifest (.psd1). Modules are discovered via PSModulePath and installed from the PowerShell Gallery.

   In plain English: A downloadable plugin for PowerShell that adds new commands, like a toolbox you can snap into your command line.

   Example: "Install the Az module from the Gallery and you get every Azure cmdlet organized into sub-modules."

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