modulo

1. (mathematics) Given a specified modulus of.Examples: "21 and 84 are congruent to each other modulo 9, since both numbers leave the same remainder, 3, when divided by 9."; "Thus 21 modulo 9 is 3, because when 21 is divided by 9, the remainder is 3."; "21 is congruent to 3 modulo 9."

2. (technical) Except for differences accounted for by.Examples: ""A is the same as B modulo C" means A is the same as B except for differences accounted for by C."; "Thus, the underlying structure which I would assign to Navajo will be identical, modulo word order, to the one that we found to be projected in all of the languages studied in chapter 3."; "Moreover, in the role of consumer, each individual (modulo his location) faces the same array of goods and services on sale to anyone who can pay the purchase price[.]"Synonyms: up to

3. (extended use) With due allowance for (a specified exception or particular detail).Examples: "In the Lisp programming language, the "tail recursion modulo cons" technique allows functions that would be tail recursive but for a cons call to be transformed into a tail recursive form."; "All mammals, modulo the monotremes, give birth to live young."; "I think it still holds up relatively well, modulo Joss Whedon's quirks, but a fuller version would probably have to include some more of the aftermath."Synonyms: barring, except for, save for, apart, apart from, aside from, bar, barring