Application Architecture

Definitions

1. The high-level structure of an application, including its major components, data flow, responsibilities, deployment boundaries, and integration points. Application architecture shapes maintainability, scalability, observability, and how easily the system can evolve over time.

   In plain English: The overall structural design of an application and how its parts fit together.

   Example: "The monolith was stable, but the new application architecture split the billing, auth, and reporting concerns so they could scale and deploy independently."

Related Terms

• System Architecture
• Testability
• Application Container
• Application Context
• Application Controller
• Application Event
• Architecture Decision
• Architecture Document
• Architecture Pattern
• Architecture Review
• Code Architecture
• Code Design
• Component Design
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