1 An architect is not, or at least should not, be tied to one specific element of expertise. 2  If he or she is focused on only one area, then he or she becomes a subject matter expert and not an architect. 3  This is an important and practical distinction, because technology keeps changing.
An ordered arrangement of data items. A vector is a one dimensional array; a matrix is a two-dimensional array. Arrays are used in myriad applications from basic database processing to scientific simulation. Most programming languages support arrays by providing indexes into the data.
vector function. noun, Mathematics. 1. a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.