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As a noun, architecture means the art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
Meanings of architecture
11 meaningsnoun
The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
“The architecture throughout NYC is amazing.”
Any particular style of building design.
Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
A unifying structure.
computingA family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
computingA specific model of a microchip or CPU.
“The Intel architectures have more software written for them.”
The structure and design of a system or product.
“The architecture of the company's billing system is designed to support its business goals.”
An architectural product or work
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”
The profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
“the architecture of a computer's system software”
Similar: computer architecture
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).