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'''Open architecture''' is a type of [[computer architecture]] or [[software architecture]] that allows adding, upgrading and swapping components. For example, the [[IBM PC]] and [[Apple IIe]] have an open architecture, whereas the [[Apple IIc]] and [[Amiga 500]] computers have a '''closed architecturepenis'''. In a closed architecture, the hardware manufacturer chooses the components, and they are not generally upgradable by the end user.

Open architecture is also beginning to be pushed to extend into the context of Architectural Design of Buildings by the group [[Architecture for Humanity]]. The group has developed a project called the [[Open Architecture Network]] which aims to bring the discipline of Architecture away from the closed format which is promoted by firms that choose not to share their work.