Template

Template:Selfref Template:Wiktionary Template may mean:

• Citation templates, forms for adding citations to Wikipedia articles citing open-source web news or other content.
• Page template, a pre-developed page layout used to create new pages (paper or electronic) from the same design, pattern, or style.
  • Web template, a tool used to separate content from presentation on the web design, and to the massive production of web documents. It runs in a Template system context, with a Template engine.
  • Master page, a page template in a multiple page desktop publishing software data file that duplicates and globally edits graphic elements across multiple pages.
  • Template (word processing), a file type used in word processing software as a pre-formatted example on which to base other documents.
  • Template (file format), any of various standardized file types used by computer software as a pre-formatted example on which to base other files.
• Template (genetics), a strand of DNA or RNA, used in genetic sequencing to synthesize new strands.
• Template (orthopedics), a technique of sizing replacement joints during pre-operative orthopedic surgery by using radiographic (X-ray) images.
• Template (programming), a tool for generic programming, especially in the C++ language, allowing a computer program to use polymorphic types.
• Template (racing), a device used in racing to ensure that the body of the race vehicle adheres to specifications.
• Template (software engineering), used in a template engine in combination with a data model to produce one or more output texts.
• Template metaprogramming, a programming technique used by a compiler to generate temporary source code.
• Template (band name), an Australian progressive rock band.

See also

• Pattern
• Stencil, a device used in drawing or painting to replicate shapes.