What is "frame"

Frame \Frame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Framed; p. pr. & vb. n. Framing.] [OE. framen, fremen, to execute, build, AS. fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong, valiant; akin to E. foremost, and prob. to AS. fram from, Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm worthy, excellent, pious. See Foremost, From, and cf. Furnish.]

1. (Arch. & Engin.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.

2. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.

   How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years.
   --I. Watts.

3. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.

   And frame my face to all occasions.
   --Shak.

   We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness.
   --Landor.

   The human mind is framed to be influenced.
   --I. Taylor.

4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.]

   Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds.
   --Shak.

5. To support. [Obs. & R.]

   That on a staff his feeble steps did frame.
   --Spenser.

6. To provide with a frame, as a picture.

7. to manufacture false evidence against (an innocent person), so as to make the person appear guilty of a crime. The act of framing a person is often referred to as a frame-up.

Frame \Frame\, v. i.

1. To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech. [Obs.]
   --Judg. xii. 6.

2. To proceed; to go. [Obs.]

   The bauty of this sinful dame Made many princes thither frame.
   --Shak.

Frame \Frame\, n.

1. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure.

   These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame.
   --Milton.

2. The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.

   Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.
   --Shak.

   No frames could be strong enough to endure it.
   --Prescott.

3. A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched; as:

   1. The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels.

   2. (Founding) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings.

   3. The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.

   4. A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc.

   5. (Hort.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.

   6. (Print.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor. (f) a pair of glasses without the lenses; that part of a pair of glasses that excludes the lenses.

4. (Mach.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.

5. Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government.

   She that hath a heart of that fine frame To pay this debt of love but to a brother.
   --Shak.

   Put your discourse into some frame.
   --Shak.

6. Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame. Same as {frame of mind}

7. Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming. [Obs.]

   John the bastard Whose spirits toil in frame of villainies.
   --Shak.

8. In games:

   1. In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing required to pocket them all; as, to play six frames in a game of 50 points.

   2. In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings forming a game.

      Balloon frame, Cant frames, etc. See under Balloon, Cant, etc.

      Frame building or Frame house, a building of which the form and support is made of framed timbers. [U.S.] -- Frame level, a mason's level.

      Frame saw, a thin saw stretched in a frame to give it rigidity.

Old English framian "to profit, be helpful, avail, benefit," from fram (adj., adv.) "active, vigorous, bold," originally "going forward," from fram (prep.) "forward; from" (see from). Influenced by related Old English fremman "help forward, promote; do, perform, make, accomplish," and Old Norse fremja "to further, execute." Compare German frommen "avail, profit, benefit, be of use."\n

\nSense focused in Middle English from "make ready" (mid-13c.) to "prepare timber for building" (late 14c.). Meaning "compose, devise" is first attested 1540s. The criminal slang sense of "blame an innocent person" (1920s) is probably from earlier sense of "plot in secret" (1900), perhaps ultimately from meaning "fabricate a story with evil intent," which is first attested 1510s. Related: Framed; framing.

(of buildings), "made of wood," 1790, American English, from frame (n.).

c.1200, "profit, benefit, advancement;" mid-13c. "a structure composed according to a plan," from frame (v.) and in part from Scandinavian cognates (Old Norse frami "advancement"). In late 14c. it also meant "the rack."\n

\nMeaning "sustaining parts of a structure fitted together" is from c.1400. Meaning "enclosing border" of any kind is from c.1600; specifically "border or case for a picture or pane of glass" from 1660s. The meaning "human body" is from 1590s. Of bicycles, from 1871; of motor cars, from 1900. Meaning "separate picture in a series from a film" is from 1916. From 1660s in the meaning "particular state" (as in Frame of mind, 1711). Frame of reference is 1897, from mechanics and graphing; the figurative sense is attested from 1924.

n. 1 The structural elements of a building or other constructed object. 2 Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure. 3 The structure of a person's body. 4 A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material. vb. 1 (context transitive obsolete English) To strengthen; refresh; support. 2 (context transitive obsolete English) To execute; perform. 3 (context transitive obsolete English) To cause; to bring about; to produce. 4 (context intransitive obsolete English) To profit; avail. 5 (context intransitive obsolete English) To fit; accord. 6 (context intransitive obsolete English) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage. 7 (context transitive English) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust. 8 (context transitive English) To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts. 9 (context transitive English) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise. 10 (context transitive English) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements. 11 (context transitive English) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border. 12 (context transitive English) To position visually within a fixed boundary. 13 (context transitive English) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation. 14 (context transitive criminology English) Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person. 15 (context intransitive dialectal mining English) To wash ore with the aid of a frame. 16 (context intransitive dialectal English) To move. 17 (context intransitive obsolete English) To proceed; to go.

1. n. a structure supporting or containing something [syn: framework, framing]

2. one of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies

3. alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, form, flesh]

4. a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat [syn: inning]

5. the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal [syn: skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale]

6. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" [syn: skeleton, skeletal frame, underframe]

1. v. enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn: frame in, border]

2. enclose in a frame, as of a picture

3. take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police" [syn: ensnare, entrap, set up]

4. formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" [syn: redact, cast, put, couch]

5. draw up the plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn: compose, draw up]

6. construct by fitting or uniting parts together [syn: frame up]

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

Frame and FRAME may also refer to:

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 signal. Frames are used in error detection and correction and the design and analysis of filter banks and more generally in applied mathematics, computer science, and engineering.

The Frame in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis refers to the environment and relationship which enables the patient to be open about their life with the therapist, and in a secure and confidential manner make a change. It is one of the most important elements in psychotherapy and counseling.

While the psychoanalyst Robert Langs 1 did not coin the term, he did make it famous. The "frame" is an image meant to express the setting of boundaries or ground rules for the contractual aspects of therapy.

A frame is an electronically coded still image in video technology.

Frame (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey during the 1750s. He was the brother of John Frame.

Frame is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Billy Frame (1912–1992), Scottish footballer
• Fred Frame (1894–1962)
• Janet Frame (1924–2004)
• John Frame (philosopher) (born 1939)
• John Frame (cricketer) (1733–1796)
• Linley Frame (born 1971)
• Pete Frame (born 1942)
• Roddy Frame (born 1964)
• Tom Frame (1931–2006)

A frame is a digital data transmission unit in computer networking and telecommunication. A frame typically includes frame synchronization features consisting of a sequence of bits or symbols that indicate to the receiver the beginning and end of the payload data within the stream of symbols or bits it receives. If a receiver is connected to the system in the middle of a frame transmission, it ignores the data until it detects a new frame synchronization sequence.

In the OSI model of computer networking, a frame is the protocol data unit at the data link layer. Frames are the result of the final layer of encapsulation before the data is transmitted over the physical layer. A frame is "the unit of transmission in a link layer protocol, and consists of a link layer header followed by a packet." Each frame is separated from the next by an interframe gap. A frame is a series of bits generally composed of framing bits, the packet payload, and a frame check sequence. Examples are Ethernet frames, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) frames, Fibre Channel frames, and V.42 modem frames.

In telecommunications, specifically in time-division multiplex (TDM) and time-division multiple access (TDMA) variants, a frame is a cyclically repeated data block that consists of a fixed number of time slots, one for each logical TDM channel or TDMA transmitter. In this context, a frame is typically an entity at the physical layer. TDM application examples are SONET/SDH and the ISDN circuit switched B-channel, while TDMA examples are the 2G and 3G circuit-switched cellular voice services. The frame is also an entity for time-division duplex, where the mobile terminal may transmit during some timeslots and receive during others.

Often, frames of several different sizes are nested inside each other. For example, when using Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) over asynchronous serial communication, the eight bits of each individual byte are framed by start and stop bits, the payload data bytes in a network packet are framed by the header and footer, and several packets can be framed with frame boundary octets.

Frame is the body shape maintained by dancers during partner dancing. Specifically, frame refers to the shape of the upper body of the dancers relative to the rest of the dancer's body and the body of the dancer's partner.

The frame provides connection between the dance partners, making leading and following possible. A frame is a stable structural combination of both bodies maintained through the dancers' arms and/or legs, and allows the leader to transmit body movement to the follower, and for the follower to suggest ideas to the leader.

Connection occurs in both open and closed dance positions (also called "open frame" and "closed frame"). It is essential in most partner dances, but especially so in modern ballroom dance.

The required frame varies according to the dance—in street Latin style dances such as salsa, arms are held more loosely.

Frames were proposed by Marvin Minsky in his 1974 article "A Framework for Representing Knowledge." A frame is an artificial intelligence data structure used to divide knowledge into substructures by representing " stereotyped situations." Frames are the primary data structure used in artificial intelligence Frame languages.

Frames are also an extensive part of knowledge representation and reasoning schemes. Frames were originally derived from semantic networks and are therefore part of structure based knowledge representations. According to Russell and Norvig's "Artificial Intelligence, A Modern Approach," structural representations assemble "...facts about particular object and even types and arrange the types into a large taxonomic hierarchy analogous to a biological taxonomy."

FRAME magazine (capitalized by its creators; the E in FRAME often appears mirror-reversed on the magazine's cover) is a magazine devoted to interior design, architecture, product design and exhibition design based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The magazine was first published in 1997 by Frame Publishers and have about 6 issues a year. Robert Thiemann is the founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine.

Frame magazine is one of the leading interior design publications. Since its launch in 1997, the magazine has remained faithful to its mission: putting interior architecture on the map as a creative profession that’s equally important as design and architecture. The magazine is sold in 77 countries and is printed in English and Korean.

The magazine is published by the parent company Frame Publishers, which also produces various design related books and occasional monographs on the work of prominent companies and people in the design world.

"Frame" is the seventh season finale episode of the police procedural television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It originally aired on USA Network in the United States on Sunday, August 24, 2008. In this episode, a case hits close to home for Detective Goren ( Vincent D'Onofrio) when his brother's ( Tony Goldwyn) apparent drug-related suicide turns out to be a murder, caused by his nemesis, Nicole Wallace ( Olivia d'Abo).

The episode was written by showrunner/executive producer Warren Leight (story), Julie Martin (teleplay), and Kate Rorick (teleplay) and was directed by Norberto Barba. The episode features brief guest appearances from Tony Goldwyn and Olivia d'Abo, who reprise their roles of Detective Goren's brother Frank, and Goren's long-time nemesis Nicole Wallace, respectively; "Frame" also was their final episode of the series, along with John Glover, who portrayed Detective Goren's mentor, Dr. Declan Gage. "Frame" also marks the final episode of Criminal Intent being run by Warren Leight, who chose not to return to the series for its eighth season.

According to the Nielsen ratings, the episode's original broadcast was watched by 5.20 million total viewers, making it the most watched original episode of LOCI on USA Network, the next closest episode to score that many viewers being the season ten premiere episode "Rispetto".

Frame, Journal of Literary Studies'' is a biannual journal run by (former) students of literature and literary theory (most from Utrecht University).'' Since its establishment in 1984 it has been the only Dutch publication forum that allows for a centered discussion on comparative literary studies. The journal publishes articles by international researchers as well as academic lectures, interviews, and critical reviews. Issues of Frame usually concentrate on a topic that resonates with cutting-edge research, debates, and discussions within the field of contemporary literary studies, and its editors select articles that provide readers with wide-ranging insight into the current topic. In the special "Masterclass" section, Frame offers Master students of literature the opportunity to acquire much-needed publishing experience. The journal furthermore offers room for conference announcements, symposiums or workshop reports, lectures, and interviews.

In the past, Frame has had the opportunity to work with well-known researchers such as Jonathan Culler, N. Katherine Hayles, J. Hillis Miller and Martha Nussbaum

In ships, frames are ribs that are transverse bolted or welded to the keel. Frames support the hull and give the ship its shape and strength.

In wooden shipbuilding, each frame is composed of several sections, so that the grain of the wood can follow the curve of the frame. Starting from the keel, these are the floor (which crosses the keel and joins the frame to the keel), the first futtock, the second futtock, the top timber, and the rail stanchion. In steel shipbuilding, the entire frame can be formed in one piece by rivetting or welding sections; in this case the floor remains a separate piece, joining the frame on each side to the keel.

Frame numbers are the numerical values given to the frames; they begin at 1 with the first bow frame, and numbers increase sequentially to the last stern frame. The total number vary per the length of a ship.

The frames support lengthwise members which run parallel to the keel, from the bow to the stern; these may variously be called stringers, strakes, or clamps. The clamp supports the transverse deck beams, on which the deck is laid.

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, either because the items are functionally related (such as a radio button), or because they apply to related objects.

In HTML (where frame has another meaning, referring to an individually scrollable portion of a page), this kind of grouping box is called a fieldset after the HTML element of the same name.

In the image to the right, the top frame has no title. The two frames below have titles, and a radio button outside them, presumably to select one or the other. The lower of the two boxes is dimmed, or disabled, indicating its widgets cannot be selected. Note that each of the frames (as well as the area outside of the frames) has a checked radio button, while normally only one of the buttons can be selected.

Note that any widget, including nested frames, can be placed inside of a frame, not merely radio buttons.