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ar⋅chi⋅tec⋅ture
[ahr-ki-tek-cher] 
kɪˌtɛk
–noun
| 1. | the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of furnishings and decorations, supervision of construction work, and the examination, restoration, or remodeling of existing buildings. |
| 2. | the character or style of building: the architecture of Paris; Romanesque architecture. |
| 3. | the action or process of building; construction. |
| 4. | the result or product of architectural work, as a building. |
| 5. | buildings collectively. |
| 6. | a fundamental underlying design of computer hardware, software, or both. |
| 7. | the structure of anything: the architecture of a novel. |
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| ar·chi·tec·ture (är'kĭ-těk'chər) n.
[Latin architectūra, from architectus, architect; see architect.] ar'chi·tec'tur·al adj., ar'chi·tec'tur·al·ly adv. |
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Architecture
Ar"chi*tec`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. architectura, fr. architectus: cf. F. architecture. See Architect.]1. The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture. Many other architectures besides Gothic. --Ruskin. 3. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship. The architecture of grasses, plants, and trees. --Tyndall. The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine architecture. --Burnet. Military architecture, the art of fortifications. Naval architecture, the art of building ships.
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Language Translation for : Architecture
Spanish:
arquitectura,
German:
die Architektur,
Japanese:
建築学
Main Entry: ar·chi·tec·ture
Pronunciation: 'är-k&-"tek-ch&r
Function: noun
: the basic structural form especially of abodily part or of a large molecule
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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architecture architecture
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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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