computer architecture

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

computer architecture
    n 1: the art of assembling logical elements into a computing
         device; the specification of the relation between parts of
         a computer system
    2: (computer science) the structure and organization of a
       computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of
       a computer's system software" [syn: {computer architecture},
       {architecture}]