olemus
kontekstist sõltuvalt mitmekihiline arhitektuur;
sage erijuht on kolmekihiline arhitektuur
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an arrangement of components or software in which the different functions required to complete an operation are segmented into separate physical or logical divisions

ülevaateid
https://medium.com/geekculture/n-tier-architecture-explained-5d2e0246c354

https://lms.su.edu.pk/download?filename=1588332490-lecture-2-dbms-architecture-1-tier-2-tier-3-tier.pdf&lesson=11894

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/decoding-few-technical-jargons-recruiters-frontend-backend-pandey?trk=portfolio_article-card_title

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitier_architecture

http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/images/teaching/lectures/distributed_computing/15_3_tier_structure.pdf

https://morphological.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/5-layer-architecture-draft.pdf

https://news.nu.edu.sa/documents/618654/622260/Qualitative+%26+Quantitative+analysis+of+tiered+Architecture+of+Web-Applications.pdf