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architecture in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
    architecture 
  2. an architectural product or work
    architecture 
  3. (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
    "the architecture of a computer's system software"
    computer architecture  architecture 
  4. 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"
    architecture 
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