Framework - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Framework :  (noun)
1: a simplified description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: model, theoretical account]
2: the underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society" [syn: fabric]
3: a structure supporting or containing something [syn: frame, framing]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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)



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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