What is the meaning of architecture?

noun

  • An architectural product or work.
  • The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.
    • usage: "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)
    • usage: "the architecture of a computer's system software"
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