何谓架构(Architecture)?

架构是解决方案最重要的工件，它是从各种观点或角度看一个东西(即解决方案)所产生的概念、逻辑和物理呈现方式，它识别出其基本构建元素、关係、互动、边界、接口、环境和上下文，并在整个生命週期中指导解决方案的演进。

As the foremost artifact of a solution, architecture is the conceptual, logical, and physical representation of an object (the solution) from various viewpoints or perspectives, which identifies its building blocks, relationships, interactions, boundaries, interfaces, environment, and context and guides the evolution of the solution across its life cycle.

~ Wentz Wu

原始出处: What Is Architecture?