The forms of technology targeted by the University are characterized in the three classes of technology architecture so. Those three classes of technology are:
HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE -- Identification of the types of hardware and the nature of their use in a particular computing environment. Hardware Architecture Examples:
General Purpose Processors
Mass Data Storage Devices
Intelligent Workstations
Volume Hardcopy Output Devices
COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE -- Identification of the types of communications facilities and the use to which they will be put in a particular computing environment. Communications Architecture Examples:
Bulk Data Transmission Facilities
Wide Area Networks
Local Area Networks
Intranets
SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE -- Identification of the types of computing software utilized to plan, develop, operate and maintain the computing environment. Application software is specifically excluded. Examples of software architecture include:
Operating systems
Database management systems
Language compilers
System utilities
>> Created by task A1.12 Characterize target technology environment.
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