boilerplate vs framework

boilerplate

noun
  • Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. 

  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • Syndicated material. 

  • The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). 

  • Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on. 

  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

adj
  • Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. 

  • Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. 

verb
  • To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. 

framework

noun
  • A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented. 

  • The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape. 

  • A basic conceptual structure. 

  • These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas. 

  • The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size. 

  • A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size. 

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