computer architecture

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• noun computing The conceptual structure around which a given computer is designed.
• noun computing The science of computer design.

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• noun (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
• noun the art of assembling logical elements into a computing device; the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system