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.
1. a physical quantity specified by a single number (a magnitude or point on a scale), such as mass or temperature. See also vector. 2. pertaining to a scalar quantity. scalar. 1. a quantity that has magnitude only (as opposed to also having direction), such as mass or temperature.