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Framework

Programming

A reusable foundation that structures how you build software.

A framework provides a skeleton and conventions for building applications, calling your code at defined points (inversion of control). Examples include React, Laravel, and Django. Frameworks differ from libraries, which you call into rather than the reverse.

Related Programming terms

Boolean

A data type with two possible values: true or false.

 Polymorphism

The ability for one interface to work with many types.

 Encapsulation

Bundling data with the methods that operate on it.

 Variable

A named container that stores a value in a program.

 Class

A blueprint for creating objects in OOP.

 Loop

A control structure that repeats a block of code.
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