What is the meaning of the word "architecture"?

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  1. (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software copy to clipboard noun
    • the architecture of a computer's system software copy to clipboard
  2. the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings copy to clipboard noun
    • architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use copy to clipboard

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