Architecture

(Noun) The fundamental concepts or properties of a system in its environment embodied in its elements, relationships, and in the principles of its design and evolution.

Original Source: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011: Systems and Software Engineering – Architecture Description, 2011, published by ISO/IEC/IEEE

References:
- Section 4.8, “Architecture”: Introduction and Core Concepts in the TOGAF^® Standard, 10^th Edition, a standard of The Open Group (C220), April 2022, published by The Open Group
- Section 2.5, “Architecture” in the Open Agile Architecture™ Standard, also known as the O-AA™ Standard, a standard of The Open Group (C208), September 2020, published by The Open Group
(Noun) The embodiment of concept, and the allocation of physical/informational function (process) to elements of form (objects) and definition of structural interfaces among the objects.

Description: This is in a System Engineering context.

Original Source: Systems Architecture: Strategy and Product Development for Complex Systems, Edward Crawley, Bruce Cameron, and Daniel Selva, 2016, published by Pearson Education Limited

Reference: Section 2.5, “Architecture” in the Open Agile Architecture™ Standard, also known as the O-AA™ Standard, a standard of The Open Group (C208), September 2020, published by The Open Group
(Noun) The structure of components, their inter-relationships, and the principles and guidelines governing their design and evolution over time.

Original Source: TOGAF^® Standard, 10^th Edition | Doc. No. C220

Reference: Section 4.8, “Architecture”: Introduction and Core Concepts in the TOGAF^® Standard, 10^th Edition, a standard of The Open Group (C220), April 2022, published by The Open Group