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frame

(1) In computer graphics, one screenful of data or its equivalent storage space. See frame buffer.

(2) In video capture, storage and playback, a single image in a series of consecutive images. See full-motion video.

(3) In communications, a fixed block of data transmitted as a single entity. In local area networks (LANs), the terms frame and packet are used synonymously. See packet and Ethernet.

(4) A separate window on a Web page. See frames.

(5) In desktop publishing, a movable, resizable box that holds a graphic image.

(6) In telephony, a rack for holding equipment, typically 23" wide by eight feet high. See rack mounted.

(7) In AI, a data structure that holds a general description of an object, which is derived from basic concepts and experience.

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frame

1. 

a. one of a series of individual exposures on a strip of film used in making motion pictures

b. an individual exposure on a film used in still photography

c. an individual picture in a comic strip

2. 

a. a television picture scanned by one or more electron beams at a particular frequency

b. the area of the picture so formed

3. Billiards snooker

a. the wooden triangle used to set up the balls

b. the balls when set up

c. a single game finished when all the balls have been potted

4. Computing (on a website) a self-contained section that functions independently from other parts; by using frames, a website designer can make some areas of a website remain constant while others change according to the choices made by the internet user

5. short for cold frame

6. a machine or part of a machine over which yarn is stretched in the production of textiles

7. (in telecommunications, computers, etc.) one cycle of a regularly recurring number of pulses in a pulse train

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Frame

Janet. 1924--2004, and New Zealand writer: author of the novels Owls Do Cry (1957) and Faces in the Water (1961), the collection of verse The Pocket (1967), and volumes of autobiography including An Angel at My Table (1984), which was made into a film in 1990

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1.	(networking)	frame - A data link layer "packet" which contains the header and trailer information required by the physical medium. That is, network layer packets are encapsulated to become frames. See also datagram, encapsulation, packet, Maximum Transmission Unit.
2.	(programming)	frame - (language implementation) See activation record.
3.	(hardware)	frame - One complete scan of the active area of a display screen. Each frame consists of a number N of horizontal scan lines, each of which, on a computer display, consists of a number M of pixels. N is the vertical resolution of the display and M is the horizontal resolution. The rate at which the displayed image is updated is the refresh rate in frames per second.