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AEC

AEC is the initialism of (United States) Atomic Energy Commission.

AEC is the initialism of Australian Electoral Commission.

AEC is the initialism of Associated Equipment Company.

AEC is the initialism of Angeles Electric Corporation.

AEC is the initialism of ASEAN Economic Community.

AEC is the initialism of architecture.

Meaning of architecture

Noun

architecture (countable and uncountable, plural architectures)

  1. 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.
  2. Any particular style of building design.
  3. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
    • Our ſoules, whoſe faculties can comprehend
      The wondrous Architecture of the world:
      And meaſure euery wandring planets courſe,
      Still climing after knowledge infinite, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  4. A unifying structure.
  5. A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
  6. A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
    • The Intel architectures have more software written for them.

See all 7 meanings of architecture

Forms of AEC

pluralAECs

Questions about AEC

What is AEC the initialism of?
AEC is the initialism of (United States) Atomic Energy Commission.

Words near AEC in the dictionary

  1. Aeaean
  2. Aeanna
  3. AEAP
  4. aeb
  5. AEBs
  6. AEC
  7. aechmea
  8. aechmeas
  9. aecia
  10. aecial
  11. aecidia

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