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 (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 to which the hinges of doors or windows are attached * Frame and panel, a method of woodworking * Space frame, a method of construction using lightweight or light materials * Timber framing, 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 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, th ...

, 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 * Frame (beekeeping), 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 is a principal fiber bundle associated with any vector bundle * Frame (linear algebra), 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 * 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) * Frame of reference, 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 sequ ...

, 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 ...

, 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, 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) Frame technology (FT) is a language-neutral (i.e., processes various languages) system that manufactures custom software from reusable, machine-adaptable building blocks, called frames. FT is used to reduce the time, effort, and errors involved in ...

, 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 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 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 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 m ...

, a social science research method used to analyze how people understand situations and activities *

FRAMES 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 ...

, methods of brief intervention against alcohol misuse * Framing (social sciences), 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 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 is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Billy Frame (1912–1992), Scottish footballer *Esther G. Frame (1840-1920), American Quaker minister and evangelist *Fred Frame (1894–1962), American race car driver *Janet Frame (19 ...

* 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, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When these princip ...

** 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) The frame in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis refers to the environment and the 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 imp ...

* Dubai Frame, a building in Dubai, UAE