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Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. The art and science of designing buildings and other structures.

#:The architecture throughout NYC is amazing.

1. A specific model of a microchip or CPU.

#:The Intel architectures have more software written for them.

1. The structure and design of a system or product.

#:The architecture of the company's billing system is designed to support it's business goals.
Related terms
architectonic

Translations
trans-top|art and science of designing buildings and other structures
Afrikaans: argitektuur
Albanian: arkitekturë
Arabic: ARchar|ع�ارة
Bosnian: arhitektura#Bosnian|arhitektura f
Bulgarian: а��и�ек���а f
Catalan: arquitectura
Chinese: 建�学
Croatian: arhitektura#Croatian|arhitektura f
Czech: architektura f
Danish: arkitektur#Danish|arkitektur
Dutch: architectuur
Esperanto: arkitekturo, arĥitekturo
Finnish: arkkitehtuuri
French: architecture f
German: Architektur f
Greek, Modern: α��ι�εκ�ονική f
Hebrew: ��ר����ת (adrikhalut) f
Ido: arkitekturo
Interlingua: architectura
Irish Gaelic: ailtireacht
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Italian: architettura f
Japanese: 建� (kenchiku); 建�学 (kenchikugaku)
Latin: architectura f
Latvian: arhitektūra
Nahuatl: arquitectura#Nahuatl|arquitectura
Norwegian: arkitektur#Norwegian|arkitektur
Persian: FAchar|�ع�ار
Polish: architektura
Portuguese: arquitectura#Portuguese|arquitectura f (Portugal), arquitetura f (Brazil)
Russian: а��и�ек���а f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: а��и�ек���а#Serbian|а��и�ек���а f
:Roman: arhitektura#Serbian|arhitektura f
Slovenian: arhitektura
Spanish: arquitectura#Spanish|arquitectura f
Swahili: majenzi
Swedish: arkitektur
Turkish: mimarlık
Welsh: pensaernïaeth
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See also
Appendix:Architectural glossary

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• 2007-10-16 21:29 - 75.58.67.186 - Added the common usage for system architecture as used for product and information technology context.

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