Frame

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:

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, 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

 * Generally speaking, a structure that defines a coordinate system
 * Frame of reference, 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, 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)

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&mdash;or images&mdash;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  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

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

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