framework

How to sign: a simplified description of a complex entity or process
"the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems";

Similiar / Same: model, theoretical account

Categories: hypothesis, possibility, theory

Within this category: Copernican system, mean sun, Ptolemaic system, simulation, stochastic process

framework

How to sign: a structure supporting or containing something

Similiar / Same: frame, framing

Categories: supporting structure

Within this category: airframe, arbor, bustle, casing, climbing frame, clotheshorse, coaming, cornice, deckle, derrick, doorframe, fender, gantry, grate, grill, gun carriage, handbarrow, hayrack, honeycomb, lattice, mounting, oxbow, picture frame, rack, ribbing, sash, sawhorse, stretcher, tambour, tenter, truss, undercarriage, walker, walker, wattle, window, window frame