A frame is often a structural system 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 develop ...

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

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 An A-frame is a basic structure designed to bear a Structural load, load in a lightweight economical manner. The simplest form of an A-frame is two similarly sized Beam (structure), beams, arranged in an angle of 45 degrees or less, attached a ...

, 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 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 coffered doors, ceilings, wainscoting, and decorative panels for cabinets, furniture Furniture refers to objects intended to s ...

, a method of woodworking *

Space frame In architecture and structural engineering, a space frame or space structure (Three-dimensional space, 3D truss) is a rigid, lightweight, truss-like structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometry, geometric pattern. Space frames can ...

, a method of construction using lightweight or light materials *

Timber framing Timber framing () and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy Beam (structure), timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and Woodworking joints, joined timbers with joints secure ...

, 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, the main component of a bicycle, onto which other components are fitted ** Motorcycle frame, main component of a motorbike, 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 Glasses, also known as eyeglasses (American English), spectacles ( Commonwealth English), or colloquially as specs, are vision eyewear with clear or tinted lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically ...

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) In firearms terminology and law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing (engineering), housing for internal action (firearms), action components such as the hammer (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 * Frame (beekeeping), a wooden frame designed to hold an area of honeycomb in a Langstroth-type beehive

Mathematics and physics

*Generally speaking, a coordinate frame that defines a coordinate system **

Frame of reference In physics and astronomy, a frame of reference (or reference frame) is an abstract coordinate system, whose origin (mathematics), origin, orientation (geometry), orientation, and scale (geometry), scale have been specified in physical space. It ...

, in physics, a set of reference points that define a coordinate system ** ''Frame'', another name for an ordered basis of a vector space ** Frame (linear algebra), a generalization of a basis to sets of possibly linearly dependent vectors which also satisfy the ''frame condition'' ** ''k''-frame, a generalization of a basis to linearly independent sets of vectors that need not span the space ** Affine frame, in an affine space and, in particular, in a Euclidean space ** Projective frame, in projective geometry ** Orthonormal frame, in Riemannian geometry ** Moving frame, in differential geometry **

Frame bundle In mathematics, a frame bundle is a principal fiber bundle F(E) associated with 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 naturally on ...

, a principal fiber bundle associated with any vector bundle * Frames and locales, in order theory * Sampling frame, a set of items or events possible to measure (statistics)

Computing and telecommunications

In displays

* Frame (GUI), a box used to hold other widgets in a graphical user interface * Film frame, one of the many single photographic images in a motion picture * Photographic film frame, one of the many segments recorded in a photographic film * 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 In computer programming, a software framework is a software abstraction that provides generic functionality which developers can extend with custom code to create applications. It establishes a standard foundation for building and deploying soft ...

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 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, 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 * 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 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 cognition, thought or interpersonal c ...

, 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, an Indian multifaceted production company

Literature

Frame story A frame story (also known as a frame tale, frame narrative, sandwich narrative, or intercalation) is a literary technique that serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, where an introductory or main narrative sets the stage either fo ...

, a narrative technique, for telling stories within a story * ''Frame'' (design magazine), a design magazine from the Netherlands *''Frame (1971–1990)'', a book of collected poetry by

Barrett Watten Barrett Watten (born October 3, 1948) is an American poet, editor, and educator associated with the Language poets. He is a professor of English at Wayne State University in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, where he teaches modernism and cultural stu ...

, 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, 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, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed. When these pri ...

** Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, 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, 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, a building in Dubai, UAE