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architecture [n][en]
 
1)the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
    Synonyms :arquitetura arquitectura архитектура 架构 architettura architektur 아키텍처 アーキテクチャ 
    See Also: profession  cantilever  terrace  step  rail  air-condition  seat  reseat  ramp  crenel  rafter  gate  machicolate  sanitate 
 
2)an architectural product or work
    Synonyms :arquitetura arquitectura архитектура 架构 architettura architektur 아키텍처 アーキテクチャ 
    See Also: building 
 
3)(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software"
    Synonyms :computer_architecture arquitetura arquitetura_de_computadores arquitectura архитектура 架构 arquitectura_de_computadores 计算机体系结构 architettura architektur 아키텍처 アーキテクチャ architettura_degli_elaboratori architecture_des_ordinateurs computer-architektur 컴퓨터_아키텍처 コンピュータアーキテクチャ 
    See Also: structure  computer_science  cisc  reduced_instruction_set_computer 
 
4)the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
    Synonyms :arquitetura arquitectura архитектура 架构 architettura architektur 아키텍처 アーキテクチャ 
    See Also: bailiwick  beaux_arts  arch  architectural_ornament  attic  column  corbel  corbel_arch  corbel_step  corbie_gable  corner  drip  entablature  foliage  modillion  pier  pinnacle  scape  term  vaulting  order  columniation  fenestration  art_form  architectonics  landscape_architecture  urban_planning  interior_design  build  corbel  cornice 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

Design, the way components fit together. The term is used particularly of processors, both individual and in general. "The ARM has a really clean architecture". It may also be used of any complex system, e.g. "software architecture", "network architecture".

(1995-05-02)



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