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title: Architecture
description: "Vector's architecture"
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In this section we'll cover the various models that combine to form Vector's
architecture. The following models are ordered progressively, starting with the
[data model][docs.architecture.data-model] and broadening all the way to
Vector's [runtime model][docs.architecture.runtime-model].

<Jump to="/docs/about/under-the-hood/architecture/data-model/">Data model</Jump>
<Jump to="/docs/about/under-the-hood/architecture/pipeline-model/">Topology model</Jump>
<Jump to="/docs/about/under-the-hood/architecture/concurrency-model/">Concurrency model</Jump>
<Jump to="/docs/about/under-the-hood/architecture/runtime-model/">Runtime model</Jump>

[docs.architecture.data-model]: /docs/about/under-the-hood/architecture/data-model/
[docs.architecture.runtime-model]: /docs/about/under-the-hood/architecture/runtime-model/
