architecture

Meanings

Plural: architectures

Noun

• 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"
• The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
• Any particular style of building design.
• Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
• A unifying structure.
• A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
• A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
• The structure and design of a system or product.

Synonyms

computer architecture, first art