Software Architecture - Week 4: Flashcards

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering key concepts from the Software Architecture lecture notes.

Software architecture refers to the __ of a software system and the discipline of creating such structures.

high-level structures

Goals of Architecture include exposing the structure of the system but hiding its __.

implementation details

In the Architecture Design Process, understanding the __ is the most crucial step because it affects the quality of the design that follows.

Problem

An architectural style, also called an architectural pattern, defines an abstract framework for a family of systems in terms of the pattern of structural __.

organization

Common Architectural Design category includes 'Client/server' and '3-tier or N-tier', which separate the functionality into tiers located on physically separate __.

computers

A Software Architect provides a solution for the entire __.

application

One of the key Design Principles is the __ Principle.

Single Responsibility

Key Architecture Principles include 'Build to Change Instead of Building to __'.

Last

Run-time quality '__' is the ability of a system to operate by communicating and exchanging information with other external systems.

Interoperability

Portability is a __ quality.

non-runtime

The decomposition of the system into its main components can be modeled using a __ (DSM), which shows the dependencies between design elements.

design structure

The Architecture Design Process includes Understand the Problem, Identify Design Elements and their Relationships, Evaluate the Architecture Design, and __ the Architecture Design.

Transform

Conceptual Integrity defines the __ and coherence of the overall design.

consistency

Information architecture defines the logical and physical data assets and data __ resources.

management

Domain __ Design focuses on modeling a business domain and defining business objects based on entities within the business domain.

Driven

The architectural style provides a lexicon of __ and connectors with rules on how they can be combined.

components

Reliability is the ability of a system to remain operational over __.

time

SOA defines applications that expose and consume functionality as a __ using contracts and messages.

service

3-tier or N-tier architecture separates the functionality into separate segments with each segment being a __ located on a physically separate computer.

tier

An example of Design Expertise for a Software Architect is __ design.

object-oriented