Architectural patterns

Software architecture is a way to define structures and systems that describe a software system. Wikipedia defines architectural patterns as follows:

An architectural pattern is a general, reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem in software architecture within a given context.[1] The architectural patterns address various issues in software engineering, such as computer hardware performance limitations, high availability, and minimization of business risk. Some architectural patterns have been implemented within software frameworks.

As you can see, this definition is not very different from the one for design patterns, except that it applies to software architecture as opposed to OOPs. A pattern is not an architectural implementation, but rather a concept that defines basic elements to solve a category of problem. A pattern can be implemented in different architectures. The following is a list of the most common architectural patterns that are...