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–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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n.

A structure for supporting or enclosing something else, especially a skeletal support used as the basis for something being constructed.
An external work platform; a scaffold.
A fundamental structure, as for a written work.
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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ˈframework noun

the basic supporting structure of anything
Example: The building will be made of concrete on a steel framework.

Arabic:	إطار عَمَل
Chinese (Simplified):	构架
Chinese (Traditional):	構架
Czech:	kostra, konstrukce
Danish:	skelet; struktur
Dutch:	hgeraamte
Estonian:	tugiraamistik
Finnish:	runko
French:	charpente
German:	das Gerüst
Greek:	σκελετός
Hungarian:	szerkezet
Icelandic:	(burðar)grind
Indonesian:	kerangka
Italian:	struttura

Japanese:	骨組み
Korean:	구조물, 골조
Latvian:	konstrukcija; karkass
Lithuanian:	konstrukcija, korpusas
Norwegian:	rammeverk, skjelett
Polish:	struktura, szkielet
Portuguese (Brazil):	estrutura
Portuguese (Portugal):	armação
Romanian:	structură
Russian:	каркас
Slovak:	kostra, konštrukcia
Slovenian:	ogrodje
Spanish:	estructura, marco
Swedish:	stomme, konstruktion
Turkish:	iskelet, çatı, şasi

See also: frame, frame of mind, "framework" in any language

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)