(software engineering) A standard design used in software architecture with a broader scope than design patterns.

(computing, architecture) A software architectural concept that defines the use of services to support the requirements of software users.

(computing, architecture, rare) A software-architectural approach that is focused on a search engine.

Alternative form of archpirate

plural of Archimedes' screw

(engineering) A screwlike device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes, ca. 200 B.C.E., which when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.

(obsolete) The pole star.

(anatomy) The costal arch; anterior and lateral boundary between the abdomen and the thorax.

(software, design) A software design approach for the development of software systems that provides a set of guidelines for the structuring of specifications expressed as models.

(software, design) Synonym of Event-Driven Architecture