Wiktionary
n. 1 (context computer hardware English) The conceptual structure around which a given computer is designed. 2 (context computer hardware English) The science of computer design.
WordNet
n. the art of assembling logical elements into a computing device; the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system
(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software" [syn: architecture]
Wikipedia
In computer engineering, computer architecture is a set of rules and methods that describe the functionality, organization, and implementation of computer systems. Some definitions of architecture define it as describing the capabilities and programming model of a computer but not a particular implementation. In other definitions computer architecture involves instruction set architecture design, microarchitecture design, logic design, and implementation.
Usage examples of "computer architecture".
As she turned over in her mind the process she and S'dar went through when doing their analysis of the Guild ship's computer architecture, Saalesh could find no flaw in the approach they took to complete the task.
The Bolo may be a master war machine but it is clearly not able to handle the intricacies of our Quirthian computer architecture.
Though he had begun to think the apparition within the druids' computer architecture a phantasm of his own creation, born of fear and anxiety, he hadn't abandoned the search.
He'd find what's-her-name, that ditzy redhead, Martinez-O'Farrell, to design the computer architecture—.
Tempe was not expert enough in computer architecture to be certain that a machine so quick, intelligent, and retentive did not have a trace of personal identity.
She hadn't even recognized the terms mathematicians used to describe Cornelius' academic achievement -- evidently it covered games of strategy, economic analysis, computer architecture, the shape of the universe, the distribution of prime numbers.
She hadn't even recognized the terms mathematicians used to describe Cornelius' academic achievement-evidently it covered games of strategy, economic analysis, computer architecture, the shape of the universe, the distribution of prime numbers.