Centralized Architecture

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. A system design in which major control, processing, or data responsibilities are concentrated in one core service or tightly coupled central platform rather than distributed across many independent nodes. Centralized architectures can simplify governance and consistency, but they also create scaling and failure concentration tradeoffs.

    In plain English: A design where key responsibilities are concentrated in a central system rather than spread out.

    Example: "The legacy platform used a centralized architecture with one orchestration service coordinating every transaction, which simplified auditing but created a major throughput bottleneck."

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