architecture
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ar·chi·tec·ture 
[ahr-ki-tek-cher] Pronunciation Key
[ahr-ki-tek-cher] Pronunciation Key –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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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| ar·chi·tec·ture
(är'kĭ-těk'chər) Pronunciation Key
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 | |
noun | |
| 1. | an architectural product or work |
| 2. | 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" |
| 3. | the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect |
| 4. | (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software" [syn: computer architecture] |
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
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
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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