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Architecture vs Colonial - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between architecture and colonial

is that architecture is the art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated while colonial is a person from a country that is or was controlled by another.

As a adjective colonial is

of or pertaining to a colony.

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

    See also

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    colonial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a colony.
  • Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
  • (US) Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
  • (US) Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
  • (US) A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.

    • Related terms

    * colonial times * colonization ----