Frame

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A frame is a structural system that supports other components of a physical construction.

Frame and FRAME may also refer to:

Arts and media

Film and television

E-frame, in the animated science fiction series Exosquad
Film frame, one of the many single photographic images in a motion picture
"Frame" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), a 2008 episode of the TV series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Reframing (filmmaking), in film and programming
The Frame (TV channel), a Canadian photographic art cable channel owned by Shaw Communications

Literature

Frame (magazine), a design magazine from the Netherlands
Frame (1971–1990), a book of collected poetry by Barrett Watten, published in 1997
Frame (journal), a literary journal from the Netherlands

Music

The Frames, an Irish rock band
Frames (Oceansize album), a 2007 album by Oceansize
Frames (Lee DeWyze album), a 2013 album by Lee DeWyze

Other uses in arts

Frame tale, a narrative technique, for telling stories within a story
Frame as a synonym for the human body, especially in poetic contexts

Physical objects

In building construction

Framing (construction), a building term known as light frame construction
Framer, a carpenter who assembles major structural elements in constructing a building
A-Frame, a basic structure designed to bear a load in a lightweight economical manner
- A-Frame house, a house following the same principle
Door frame or window frame, fixed structures fto which the hinges of doors or windows are attached
Frame and panel, a method of woodworking
Space frame, a method of construction using lightweight materials
Timber framing, a method of building for creating framed structures of heavy timber

In vehicles

Frame (aircraft), structural rings in an aircraft fuselage
Frame (nautical), the skeleton of a ship
Bicycle frame, the main component of a bicycle, onto which other components are fitted
- Motorcycle frame, main component of a motorcycle, onto which other components are fitted
Locomotive frame, a structure that forms the backbone of a railway locomotive
Vehicle frame, to which everything on an automobile is mounted

Other physical objects

Frame (loudspeaker) or basket, a structural component which supports the functional components of a loudspeaker
Bed frame, the part of a bed used to position the mattress and base
Climbing frame or jungle gym, a piece of equipment for children's play
Eyeglass frame
Lever frame, a railway signalling device containing interlocks for signals, points (railroad switches) etc.
Picture frame, a solid border around a picture or painting
Receiver (firearms) or frame, one of the basic parts of a modern firearm
Spinning frame, an invention of the Industrial Revolution for spinning thread or yarn from fibre such as wool or cotton
Water frame, a water-powered spinning frame which was an easy way to create cotton

Computing and telecommunications

In displays

Frame (GUI), a box used to hold other widgets in a graphical user interface
Frame (video), an electronically coded still image
Frame rate, the number of frames—or images—displayed on screen per unit of time, usually expressed in frames per second (FPS)
Framing (World Wide Web), a method of displaying multiple HTML documents on one page of a web browser
- Iframes, a frame element in HTML code

Software

Adobe FrameMaker, a desktop publishing application
Google Chrome Frame, an open source plug-in designed for Internet Explorer
Software framework

Other uses in computing and telecommunications

Frame (artificial intelligence), machine-usable formalizations of concepts or schemata that can be used for knowledge representation
Frame (networking), a data transmission unit or network packet that includes frame synchronization information
Distribution frame, in telecommunications
Mainframe Computer
Page frame, an available chunk of memory
Stack frame, a part of a call stack
A data structure in frame languages
Frame problem, in artificial intelligence
Framing, the application of networking frames using frame synchronization
Frame Technology (software engineering), a models-to-code system based on adaptable frames

Mathematics

Basis, an ordered basis is also called a "frame"
Frame bundle, in mathematics is a principal fiber bundle associated with any vector bundle
Frame of reference, the set of coordinates in which a system is observed
Frame of a vector space, a generalization of a basis to sets of possibly linearly dependent vectors which also satisfy the frame condition
Frames and locales, in order theory
k-frame, a generalization of a basis to linearly independent sets of vectors that need not span the space
Frame, a generalization of a basis of a vector space to sets that may be linearly dependent.
Moving frame, in differential geometry
Orthonormal frame, in Riemannian geometry
Projective frame, in projective geometry
Sampling frame, a set of items or events possible to measure (statistics)

Other sciences

Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments
Frame Overo, a coat pattern in horses
Hive frame, a structural element that holds honeycomb
Reading frame, which divides a sequence of nucleotides into a set of consecutive, non-overlapping triplets
Frameshift mutation, when a single base-pair is added to a DNA string, causing incorrect transcription
Frame analysis, a social science research method used to analyze how people understand situations and activities
FRAMES, methods of brief intervention against alcohol misuse
Framing (social sciences), in communication theory and sociology, relating to the contextual presentation of media content

Other uses

Frame, in the games of bowling and snooker
Frame (dance), a connection between lead and follow in partner dancing
Frame (surname)
Frame, West Virginia
Framer, a carpenter who assembles major structural elements in constructing a building
Founding Fathers of the United States, sometimes called the "Framers"
Frameup, to make an innocent party appear guilty of someone else's crime
French Regional & American Museums Exchange, an alliance of French and American art museums