Architecture

‘n’ represents the number of tiers in the client-server architecture. These represent the software and hardware configuration in which databases and applications are distributed among many different computers around the world.

A distributed network architecture where participants or nodes can directly interact with each other without relying on a central server or authority.

An architecture where applications can run on a variety of leading hardware and database platforms without the need for changes to the application programs. For example, an application that can run on Oracle or SQL would be considered open from a database platform perspective.

Stores information about software versions, documentation, executable files, models, or source code. It is usually in a centralized position within the enterprise computing architecture.

An architecture in which a single instance of a software application serves multiple customers. Each customer is called a tenant. Tenants may be given the ability to customize some parts of the application, such as color of the user interface (UI) or business rules, but they cannot customize the application's code.