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Architecture Building Block (ABB)

Building block describing required capability and shaping specifications for solution building blocks.

Definition

ABBs capture architecture requirements and are vendor-neutral, associated with the Architecture Continuum.

Exam tip

ABBs are logical and vendor-neutral; SBBs are physical and often product-specific.

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