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archetype | architecture |

As an adjective archetype

is archetypal.

As a noun archetype

is archetype.

As a verb architecture is

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archetype

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative, copied, patterned, or emulated; a prototype
  • (literature) A character, story, or object that is based on a known character, story, or object.
  • An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
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  • (psychology) According to the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.

    • Usage notes

    Traditionally archetype'' refers to the model upon which something is based, but it has also come to mean an example of a personality archetype, particularly a fictional character in a story based on a well-established personality model. In this fashion, a character ''based'' on the Jesus archetype might be referred to as a "Jesus archetype". See ''eponym for a similar usage conflict.

    Synonyms

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    Verb

  • To depict as, model using or otherwise associate a subject or object with an archetype.
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    architecture

    English

    (wikipedia architecture)

    Noun

  • The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
    • The architecture throughout NYC is amazing.
  • The profession of an architect.
  • Any particular style of building design.
  • Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
  • * Tyndall
    • the architecture of grasses, plants, and trees
  • * Burnet
    • the formation of the first earth being a piece of divine architecture
  • A unifying structure.
  • (computing) A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
    • The Intel architectures have more software written for them.
  • The structure and design of a system or product.
  • * 2004 , Prof P.C.P. Bhatt, (nptel.iitm.ac.in) Module 14: Unix Kernel Architecture
    • The kernel runs the show, i.e. it manages all the operations in a Unix flavored environment. The kernel architecture must support the primary Unix requirements. These requirements fall in two categories namely, functions for process management and functions for file management (files include device files). Process management entails allocation of resources including CPU, memory, and offers services that processes may need. The file management in itself involves handling all the files required by processes, communication with device drives and regulating transmission of data to and from peripherals.
    The architecture of the company's billing system is designed to support its business goals.

    Derived terms

    * enterprise architecture * * microarchitecture * software architecture * system architecture

    Related terms

    () * architectonic * architect * architectural

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