Professionally, an architect's decisions affect public safetly, and thus an architect must undergo specialized training consisting of advanced education and a practicum (or internship) for practical experience to earn a license to practice architect. The terms architect and architecture are also used in the disciplines of landscape_architecture, naval architecture and information_technology (for example a software_architect). In most of the world's jurisdictions, the professional and commercial uses of the term "architect", outside of the etymological variants noted, is legally protected.
