A portmanteau of "marketing" and "architecture". The result when the marketing department of a tech company has an excessive hand in the design of a product, often to the detriment of performance, though usually for the explicit purpose of driving the sale price up. Popularized by The Inquirer.
1. Does "centrino" actually do anything or is it just a piece of marchitecture?
2. Apple's OSX is totally being loaded down with marchitecture.
2. Apple's OSX is totally being loaded down with marchitecture.
by Isaac February 19, 2005
by Bob Bohica March 16, 2004