A frame is often a

structural system A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as ...

that supports other components of a physical construction and/or

steel frame Steel frame is a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal I-beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame. The developm ...

that limits the construction's extent. Frame and FRAME may also refer to:

Physical objects

In building construction

Framing (construction) Framing, in construction, is the fitting together of pieces to give a structure support and shape. Framing materials are usually wood, engineered wood, or structural steel. The alternative to framed construction is generally called ''mass wal ...

, 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 A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air. Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent mate ...

, fixed structures to which the hinges of doors or windows are attached *

Frame and panel Frame and panel construction, also called rail and stile, is a woodworking technique often used in the making of doors, wainscoting, and other decorative features for cabinets, furniture, and homes. The basic idea is to capture a 'floating' pa ...

, a method of woodworking *

Space frame In architecture and structural engineering, a space frame or space structure ( 3D truss) is a rigid, lightweight, truss-like structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern. Space frames can be used to span large areas w ...

, a method of construction using lightweight or light materials *

Timber framing Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large woode ...

, a method of building for creating framed structures of heavy timber or willow wood

In vehicles

* Frame (aircraft), structural rings in an aircraft fuselage * Frame (nautical), the skeleton of a boat *

Bicycle frame A bicycle frame is the main component of a bicycle, onto which wheels and other components are fitted. The modern and most common frame design for an upright bicycle is based on the safety bicycle, and consists of two triangles: a main triangl ...

, the main component of a bicycle, onto which other components are fitted **

Motorcycle frame A motorcycle frame is a motorcycle's core structure. It supports the engine, provides a location for the steering and rear suspension, and supports the rider and any passenger or luggage. Also attached to the frame are the fuel tank and battery. ...

, main component of a motorbike, onto which other components are fitted *

Locomotive frame A locomotive frame is the structure that forms the backbone of the railway locomotive, giving it strength and supporting the superstructure elements such as a cab, boiler or bodywork. The vast majority of locomotives have had a frame structure o ...

, 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) A loudspeaker (commonly referred to as a speaker or speaker driver) is an electroacoustic transducer that converts an electrical audio signal into a corresponding sound. A ''speaker system'', also often simply referred to as a "speaker" or "l ...

or basket, a structural component which supports the functional components of a loudspeaker *

Bed frame A bed frame or bedstead is the part of a bed used to position the bed base, the flat part which in turn directly supports the mattress(es). The frame may also stop the matresses from sliding sideways, and it may include means of supporting a can ...

, 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 Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are vision eyewear, with lenses (clear or tinted) mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically utilizing a bridge over the nose and hinged arms (known as temples ...

frame *

Lever frame Mechanical railway signalling installations rely on lever frames for their operation to interlock the signals, track locks and points to allow the safe operation of trains in the area the signals control. Usually located in the signal box, the ...

, a railway signalling device containing interlocks for signals, points (railroad switches) etc. *

Picture frame A picture frame is a protective and decorative edging for a picture, such as a painting or photograph. It makes displaying the work safer and easier and both sets the picture apart from its surroundings and aesthetically integrates it with them. ...

, a solid border around a picture or painting *

Receiver (firearms) In firearms terminology, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has ...

or frame, one of the basic parts of a modern firearm *

Spinning frame The spinning frame is an Industrial Revolution invention for spinning thread or yarn from fibres such as wool or cotton in a mechanized way. It was developed in 18th-century Britain by Richard Arkwright and John Kay. Historical context In 1 ...

, an invention of the Industrial Revolution for spinning thread or yarn from fibre such as wool or cotton *

Water frame The water frame is a spinning frame that is powered by a water-wheel. Water frames in general have existed since Ancient Egypt times. Richard Arkwright, who patented the technology in 1769, designed a model for the production of cotton thread; ...

, a water-powered spinning frame which was an easy way to create cotton *

Frame (beekeeping) A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the subgenus '' Apis'' live and raise their young. Though the word ''beehive'' is commonly used to describe the nest of any bee colony, scientific and professional literature ...

, a wooden frame designed to hold an area of honeycomb in a Langstroth-type beehive

Mathematics and physics

* Basis, an ordered basis is also called a "frame" *

Frame bundle In mathematics, a frame bundle is a principal fiber bundle F(''E'') associated to any vector bundle ''E''. The fiber of F(''E'') over a point ''x'' is the set of all ordered bases, or ''frames'', for ''E'x''. The general linear group acts nat ...

, in mathematics is a principal fiber bundle associated with any vector bundle *

Frame (linear algebra) In linear algebra, a frame of an inner product space is a generalization of a basis of a vector space to sets that may be linearly dependent. In the terminology of signal processing, a frame provides a redundant, stable way of representing a s ...

, a generalization of a basis to sets of possibly linearly dependent vectors which also satisfy the ''frame condition'' *

Frames and locales In mathematics, especially in order theory, a complete Heyting algebra is a Heyting algebra that is complete as a lattice. Complete Heyting algebras are the objects of three different categories; the category CHey, the category Loc of locales, ...

, in order theory * ''k''-frame, a generalization of a basis to linearly independent sets of vectors that need not span the space * Moving frame, in differential geometry * Orthonormal frame, in Riemannian geometry *

Projective frame In mathematics, and more specifically in projective geometry, a projective frame or projective basis is a tuple of points in a projective space that can be used for defining homogeneous coordinates in this space. More precisely, in a projectiv ...

, in projective geometry * Sampling frame, a set of items or events possible to measure (statistics) *

Frame of reference In physics and astronomy, a frame of reference (or reference frame) is an abstract coordinate system whose origin, orientation, and scale are specified by a set of reference points― geometric points whose position is identified both math ...

, in physics, an abstract coordinate system together with a set of physical reference points

Computing and telecommunications

In displays

Frame (GUI) A frame, or group box, is a type of box within which a collection of graphical control elements can be grouped as a way to show relationships visually,Film frame In filmmaking, video production, animation, and related fields, a frame is one of the many '' still images'' which compose the complete '' moving picture''. The term is derived from the historical development of film stock, in which the sequenti ...

, one of the many single photographic images in a motion picture *

Frame rate Frame rate (expressed in or FPS) is the frequency (rate) at which consecutive images ( frames) are captured or displayed. The term applies equally to film and video cameras, computer graphics, and motion capture systems. Frame rate may also be ...

, 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 An HTML element is a type of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document component, one of several types of HTML nodes (there are also text nodes, comment nodes and others). The first used version of HTML was written by Tim Berners-Lee in 1993 ...

, a frame element in HTML code

Software

Adobe FrameMaker Adobe FrameMaker is a document processor designed for writing and editing large or complex documents, including structured documents. It was originally developed by Frame Technology Corporation, which was bought by Adobe. Overview FrameMaker ...

, a desktop publishing application *

Google Chrome Frame Google Chrome Frame was a plug-in designed for Internet Explorer based on the open-source Chromium project, first announced on September 22, 2009. It went stable in September 2010, on the first birthday of the project. It was discontinued on Febr ...

, an open source plug-in designed for Internet Explorer *

Software framework In computer programming, a software framework is an abstraction in which software, providing generic functionality, can be selectively changed by additional user-written code, thus providing application-specific software. It provides a standard ...

Other uses in computing and telecommunications

Frame (artificial intelligence) Frames are an artificial intelligence data structure used to divide knowledge into substructures by representing "stereotyped situations". They were proposed by Marvin Minsky in his 1974 article "A Framework for Representing Knowledge". Frames are t ...

, machine-usable formalizations of concepts or schemata that can be used for knowledge representation *

Frame (networking) A frame is a digital data transmission unit in computer networking and telecommunication. In packet switched systems, a frame is a simple container for a single network packet. In other telecommunications systems, a frame is a repeating structure s ...

, a data transmission unit or network packet that includes frame synchronization information * Distribution frame, in telecommunications *

Mainframe computer A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise ...

Page frame A page, memory page, or virtual page is a fixed-length contiguous block of virtual memory, described by a single entry in the page table. It is the smallest unit of data for memory management in a virtual memory operating system. Similarly, a ...

, 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

Other sciences

* Filters, random fields, and maximum entropy model (FRAME), in physics and probability *

Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME) is a charity based in Nottingham, UK. FRAME promotes consideration of the ethical and scientific issues involved in the use of laboratory animals for medical research, and the ...

Frame Overo Lethal white syndrome (LWS), also called overo lethal white syndrome (OLWS), lethal white overo (LWO), and overo lethal white foal syndrome (OLWFS), is an autosomal genetic disorder most prevalent in the American Paint Horse. Affected foals are bor ...

, a coat pattern in horses *

Hive frame A hive frame or honey frame is a structural element in a beehive that holds the honeycomb or brood comb within the hive enclosure or box. The hive frame is a key part of the modern movable-comb hive. It can be removed in order to inspect the bees ...

, a structural element that holds honeycomb *

Reading frame In molecular biology, a reading frame is a way of dividing the sequence of nucleotides in a nucleic acid ( DNA or RNA) molecule into a set of consecutive, non-overlapping triplets. Where these triplets equate to amino acids or stop signals during ...

, which divides a sequence of nucleotides into a set of consecutive, non-overlapping triplets *

Frameshift mutation A frameshift mutation (also called a framing error or a reading frame shift) is a genetic mutation caused by indels ( insertions or deletions) of a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three. Due to the triplet nature ...

, when a single base-pair is added to a DNA string, causing incorrect transcription *

Frame analysis Frame analysis (also called framing analysis) is a multi-disciplinary social science research method used to analyze how people understand situations and activities. Frame analysis looks at images, stereotypes, metaphors, actors, messages, and mor ...

, 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 the social sciences, framing comprises a set of concepts and theoretical perspectives on how individuals, groups, and societies organize, perceive, and communicate about reality. Framing can manifest in thought or interpersonal communica ...

, in communication theory and sociology, relating to the contextual presentation of media content

Arts and media

Film and television

* "Frame" (''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''), a 2008 episode of the TV series ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' * ''The Frame'' (film), a 2014 American science fiction film *

Frames Production ''Frames Production'' is an Indian multifaceted production company which produces Indian soap operas, entertainment, reality shows Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life sit ...

, an Indian multifaceted production company

Literature

Frame story A frame is often a structural system that supports other components of a physical construction and/or steel frame that limits the construction's extent. Frame and FRAME may also refer to: Physical objects In building construction *Framing (co ...

, a narrative technique, for telling stories within a story * ''Frame'' (literary journal), a literary journal from the Netherlands * ''Frame'' (design magazine), a design magazine from the Netherlands *''Frame (1971–1990)'', a book of collected poetry by Barrett Watten, published in 1997

Music

* The Frames, an Irish band * ''Frames'' (Oceansize album), a 2007 album by Oceansize * ''Frames'' (Leee DeWyze album), a 2013 album by Leee DeWyze

Visual arts

* ''The Frame'' (painting), by Frida Kahlo

Other uses

* Frame, in the game of snooker * Frame, in the game of bowling * Frame, in the game of baseball * Frame (dance), either of two concepts in partner dancing * Frame (surname) *

Frame, West Virginia Frame is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after a local blacksmith with the surname Frame. References

Unincorpor ...

, an unincorporated community, United States *Frame of government, a descriptive term synonymous with

constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When these pr ...

Frame of Government of Pennsylvania The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania was a proto-constitution for the Province of Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony granted to William Penn by Charles II of England. The Frame of Government has lasting historical importance as an important step ...

, the first colonial constitution of Pennsylvania, written by William Penn **Delegates to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention, are sometimes called the "Framers," as they were framing a form of government *

Frameup __NOTOC__ In the United States criminal law, a frame-up (frameup) or setup is the act of framing someone, that is, providing false evidence or false testimony in order to falsely prove someone guilty of a crime. While incriminating those who ...

, to make an innocent party appear guilty of someone else's crime * French Regional & American Museums Exchange (FRAME), an alliance of French and American art museums * Frame (psychotherapy) *

Dubai Frame The Dubai Frame ( ar, برواز دبي) is an observatory, museum, and monument in Zabeel Park, Dubai. It holds the record for the largest frame in the world. The building has a height of 150.24 meters and a width of 95.53 meters. The building ...

, a building in Dubai, UAE