organization of the system, in its environment, in the form of an arrangement of elements and their interactions, defining their sequencing, the flows and constraints that enables meeting the objectives

Note 1 to entry: The organization of the system also includes the principles guiding its representation and those guiding its design and evolution.

Note 2 to entry: The relationships between the elements are described in particular in the interfaces (internal and external).

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Related definitions: functional architecture; physical architecture