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    Wap Architecture

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    Abstract WAP bridges the gap between the wireless mobile world and the internet. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) ‚ is a collection of protocols and transport layers which allow mobile and portable communication devices such as mobile phones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA’s)‚ to receive information over the airwaves such as personal computers users obtain information over the internet. . WAP is simply a protocol- a standardized way that a mobile phone talks to a server installed in

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    Baroque Architecture

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    Baroque Architecture Works of famous architects and sculptors What is Baroque Architecture? • A Style originating in late 16th Century Italy • Consists of complex Architectural plan shapes‚ often based on the oval. • Dynamic opposition and inter penetration of spaces were favored to highlighten the feeling of motion and sensuality. • Other characteristic qualities include:– Grandeur – Drama and Contrast – Curvaceousness – Twisting elements – Gilded statuary FRANCESCO BORROMINI • He was the son

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    were significantly influenced by the Greeks‚ they did in fact make many of their own architectural discoveries that allowed them to build massive buildings‚ extensive roadways‚ and amazing aqueducts. Indeed‚ the Romans are the masters of modern architecture‚ with their inventions of both concrete and the arch ultimately changing the face of the world. The True Arch: While the Greeks use arches‚ they did not use it for their structures‚ except for drainage systems and tunnels. The Romans‚ however

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    Renaissance Architecture

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    Renaissance Architecture Between 1400 and 1600 AD classical ideas of an ’’ age of awakening’’ took place in Italy and northern Europe. This period was called ’’ The Renaissance’’ which means ’’born anew’’ in French. Renaissance architecture was inspired by the architecture of classic/ancient Greece and Rome. Before Gothic architecture was very asymmetrical and complex. The renaissance architecture was highly symmetrical and very proportioned. Features Of Renaissance Buildings: •symmetrical

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    Roman Architecture

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    came Roman authoritarianism and practicality. Vast prosperity resulted. Europe and the Mediterranean bloomed with trading cities ten times the size of their predecessors with public amenities previously unheard of courts‚ theaters‚ circuses‚ and public baths. And these were now large permanent masonry buildings as were the habitations‚ tall apartment houses covering whole city blocks. This architectural revolution brought about by the Romans required two innovations: the invention of a new building

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    What Is Architecture?

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    WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE? Architecture is constructed around the formation of a design idea. Before defining what architecture is‚ one must first look at the designer and the process of design. Jane Anderson sums up the definitions of these ideas; “There is no one right answer in architecture.” This makes the definition of architecture hard to discover‚ however‚ easier to explore. Throughout history theories incorporate information on these architectural characteristics and attempt to explain them

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    Enterprise Architecture

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    Enterprise Architecture: Question Consider yourself a practitioner in computer technology‚ telecommunications and Software system‚ who is interested in acquiring skills through knowledge of the most advanced application tools and methods both present  (such as MIT programme) and coming. You have consequently been charged with planning‚ developing‚ applying and delivering advance information systems‚ architectural solution and programming products. Identify and critically analyze cognate enterprise

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    Mediums of Architecture

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    Angellie P. Manabat Humanities BS Psychology Ma’am Viray Different Mediums of Architecture Architectures has to do with the planning‚ designing and constructing form‚ space and ambience that reflect functional‚ technical‚ social‚ environmental‚ and aesthetic considerations. It requires the creative manipulation and coordination of material‚ technology‚ light and shadow. Architecture also encompasses the pragmatic aspects of realizing buildings and structures‚ including scheduling‚ cost estimating

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    Vernacular Architecture

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    meaning but to simplify it‚ vernacular buildings is an approach of architecture that uses local material and resources in a certain area or region where a building is built and undertakes local needs. Before 1900s‚ people unconsciously built vernacular buildings as they can only use sources around their area to build houses for their needs but as years go by people started understanding the use and style of vernacular architecture as it develops more. According to www.archdaily.com architects everywhere

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    Dematerialization of Architecture The history of discourses has been developed for centuries‚ and architecture have entered a phase of re-evaluation. Because of the prevalent technology and media of creation in the virtual world‚ contemporary architecture is dematerialized to be images and abstract ideas. The definition of architecture has become even more subjective‚ obscure‚ ambiguous and limited. We took advantages from photography and the technology of visualization. But the excessive

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