frameworks

noun

1. 1

   A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.

2. 2

   The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.

3. 3

   The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.

4. 4

   A basic conceptual structure.

   “These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.”

5. 5

   A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.

6. 6

   The identification and categorisation of processes or steps that constitute a complex task or mindset in order to render explicit the tacit and implicit.