open architecture [English]

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InterPARES Definition

n. ~ Computing, IP2 · An architecture whose specifications are public, including officially approved standards as well as privately designed architectures whose specifications are made public by the designers.

Other Definitions

  • Gartner IT Glossary (†298 s.v. "open architecture"): Technology infrastructure with specifications that are public as opposed to proprietary. This includes officially approved standards as well as privately designed architectures, the specifications of which are made public by their designers.
  • Wikipedia (†387 s.v. open architecture): A type of computer architecture or software architecture that is designed to make adding, upgrading and swapping components easy.[Ericson, II, 2011] ...An architecture whose specifications are public. This includes officially approved standards as well as privately designed architectures whose specifications are made public by the designers. The opposite of open is closed or proprietary.