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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
frame·work       [freym-wurk] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a skeletal structure designed to support or enclose something.
2.a frame or structure composed of parts fitted and joined together.
3.the construction or sale of frames.
4.work done in, on, or with a frame.
[Origin: 1635–45; frame + work]
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frame·work       (frām'wûrk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A structure for supporting or enclosing something else, especially a skeletal support used as the basis for something being constructed.
  2. An external work platform; a scaffold.
  3. A fundamental structure, as for a written work.
  4. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.

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framework

noun
1. a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: model] 
2. the underlying structure; "providing a factual framework for future research"; "it is part of the fabric of society" 
3. a structure supporting or containing something 

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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

framework
In object-oriented systems, a set of classes that embodies an abstract design for solutions to a number of related problems.
(1995-01-30)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Framework

Frame"work`\, n. 1. The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

A staunch and solid piece of framework. --Milton.

2. Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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On-line Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

framework

framework: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary

On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB
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