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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Architecture' | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Architecture' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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architecture 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) | |
