edifices

noun

Definition of edificesnext
plural of edifice
1
as in towers
a large, magnificent, or massive building the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices

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2
as in buildings
something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch

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3
as in structures
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form the edifice of the argument is quite simple, once you get past the fancy language

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  1. architectures
  2. frameworks
  3. infrastructures
Noun
  • Rus marks 2017 as the year for the rise of transformer architectures, and then cites three successive software advances in three consecutive years - AlphaFold in 2020, Stable Diffusion in 2021 AlphaCode in 2022.
    John Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • This requires strong collaboration between business leaders, technology executives, consultants, auditors and vendors to gradually update and simplify digital architectures.
    Chris Dimitriadis, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of architectures
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  • Strong leaders build collaborative frameworks that bring together diverse perspectives to navigate regulatory challenges and drive meaningful progress.
    Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Developers who become too reliant on these frameworks sometimes lack the skills and understanding to debug or build custom features outside the scope of the framework.
    Julius Hietala, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of frameworks
Noun
  • However, even though these operations have been disrupted, ransomware infrastructures are quickly rebuilt and rebranded under new names.
    Barbara Booth, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Shared technological ecosystems, infrastructures, and architectures can also enable predictive analytics and forecasting, yielding a holistic view of cases, defendants, victims, and outcomes.
    Richard Hobbs, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of infrastructures
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