Key Points
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A software architecture is a description of how a software system is organized. Properties of a system such as performance, security, and availability are influenced by the architecture used.
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Architectural design decisions include decisions on the type of application, the distribution of the system, the architectural styles to be used, and the ways in which the architecture should be documented and evaluated.
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Architectures may be documented from several different perspectives or views. Possible views include a conceptual view, a logical view, a process view, a development view, and a physical view.
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Architectural patterns are a means of reusing knowledge about generic system architectures. They describe the architecture, ...
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