boilerplate vs structure

boilerplate

noun
  • Syndicated material. 

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

  • 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. 

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

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

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. 

structure

noun
  • A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts. 

  • The overall form or organization of something. 

  • The underlying shape of a solid. 

  • Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish 

  • A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook. 

  • A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations. 

  • Several pieces of data treated as a unit. 

  • A set of rules defining behaviour. 

verb
  • To give structure to; to arrange. 

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