Framework meaning : A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size. The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size. The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape. A basic conceptual structure. A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented. The identification and categorisation of processes or steps that constitute a complex task or mindset in order to render explicit the tacit and implicit.