framework

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And the framework is a memory framework, not a computation or behavior framework.

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  1. noun A structure for supporting or enclosing something else, especially a skeletal support used as the basis for something being constructed.
  2. noun An external work platform; a scaffold.
  3. noun A fundamental structure, as for a written work.

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  • And the framework is a memory framework, not a computation or behavior framework. —  Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing
  • I find that as long as the framework is there, I can typically just add material as needed.
  • Slant also complains that "using these 'witnesses' as a framework was an inspired idea, but the John Reed we hear about in these testimonies is not the one we see on the screen," and adds further that the extras are "fairly unilluminating, and mainly feature the near-70-year-old Beatty looking great and revealing little." —  GreenCine Daily
  • Embedded in this framework is a solid understanding of our customer and the way they shop our stores. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • Safari can't even do that on OS X yet because Apple hasn't set it up (but the framework is there). —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
 

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/ˈfreɪmwərk/
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