The term framing can have several possible meanings:

• framing (telecommunication), where it relates to synchronization
• framing (economics), where it relates to rational choice theory
• framing (World Wide Web), where it relates to the use of multiple panes within a web page
• framing (communication theory) and sociology, where it relates to the contextual presentation of media content. See also, Frame analysis
• framing (construction), the most common work of the carpentry trade.
• framing (psychology), the influence of the format or wording of a question on its answer
• a frameup, the incrimination of a scapegoat in place of the perpetrator of a crime
• in boxing, a framing punch
• the act of creating (or using) a picture frame, as in framing a photo.

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