boilerplate vs setup

boilerplate

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

  • 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). 

  • 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. 

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

  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

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. 

setup

noun
  • Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus. 

  • A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense. 

  • The fashion in which something is organized or arranged. 

  • A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody. 

  • An installer. 

  • The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product. 

  • The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore. 

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