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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: architecture n 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: the manner of construction of something and the disposition of its parts "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the architecture of a computer's system software" [syn: {structure}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: architectureDesign, 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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