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Module

As explained in Deep Learning with PyTorch, Second Edition

A reusable network substructure made of a sequence of layers.

A module is a reusable network substructure made from a sequence of layers. It packages a repeated pattern so a larger model can organize its backbone into clear, replaceable blocks. section 13.4.1

A convolutional module can combine convolutions, activations, and pooling into one forward-processing unit. The example block uses two 3 × 3 convolutions, each followed by an activation, then max-pooling. section 13.4.1

A convolutional module

LunaBlock accepts an input channel count and a convolution channel count, applies two Conv3d layers with ReLU activations, and returns the result of MaxPool3d. Similar blocks can form the backbone, even when channel sizes change between blocks. section 13.4.1

How Deep Learning with PyTorch, Second Edition covers it

How deep it goes
Defines a block and demonstrates its forward pass, stopping short of general module-system coverage.
Examples
Uses LunaBlock with two 3 × 3 Conv3d layers, ReLU activations, and MaxPool3d.
What you can do after
Build it from scratch by defining a reusable convolutional block with initialization and forward-processing logic.
How it connects
Connects modules with convolutional networks, backbones, convolutions, activations, max pooling, tails, and heads.

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