Architecture - Definition
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: (computer science) the structure and organization of a
computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of
a computer's system software" [syn: computer architecture,
architecture]