Meaning of architecture | Babel Free

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1. The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
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2. a citadel or elevated fortification of a settlement.
3. Any particular style of building design.
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4. the science of architecture. See also art; philosophy. — architectonic, architectonical, adj.
5. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
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6. a style of architecture distinguished by excessive ornamentation or floridity. — Asiatical, adj.
7. A unifying structure.
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8. a highly decorated form of art or ornamentation. — baroque, adj.
9. A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
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10. an aggressive 20th-century style, usually in rough-textured and unfinished materials, that frankly exhibits both structural and mechanical systems.
11. A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
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12. a 20th-century style dwelling, usually of one story, imitative of the true bungalow form characterized by low, sweeping roof gables and a large verandah in the front.
13. The structure and design of a system or product.
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14. a form of ornamentation composed of cusps or curves meeting in pairs at a tangent to the area being decorated. — cuspidate, cuspidal, adj.
15. an international movement, most in vogue from 1820 until about 1930, characterized by almost total freedom of choice among historical styles of both overall composition and decoration in the design of public buildings, the freedom tempered by the intended use or location of the building.
16. a style imitative of antique Egyptian temple architecture, most influential after Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt and lasting in the U.S. into the early 20th century.
17. the slight convexity or outward curve given to a tower or other tall, narrow structure.

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Examples

“The architecture throughout NYC is amazing.”

“April 21, 2017, Max Roscoe, How Your City Is Killing You With Uglinesshttps://web.archive.org/web/20201112015531/https://www.returnofkings.com/118275/how-your-city-is-killing-you-with-ugliness Architecture is the visual public expression of a culture’s achievements, values, and outlook.# The profession of an architect.”

“Our ſoules, whoſe faculties can comprehend The wondrous Architecture of the world: And meaſure euery wandring planets courſe, Still climing after knowledge infinite, […]”

“the architecture of grasses, plants, and trees”

“1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth the formation of the first Earth, after such a wonderful manner, being a piece of Divine Architecture”

“The Intel architectures have more software written for them.”

“2004, Prof P.C.P. Bhatt, (nptel.iitm.ac.in) Module 14: Unix Kernel Architecture The kernel runs the show, i.e. it manages all the operations in a Unix flavored environment. The kernel architecture must support the primary Unix requirements. These requirements fall in two categories namely, functions for process management and functions for file management (files include device files). Process management entails allocation of resources including CPU, memory, and offers services that processes may need. The file management in itself involves handling all the files required by processes, communication with device drives and regulating transmission of data to and from peripherals.”

“The architecture of the company's billing system is designed to support its business goals.”

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