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In information technology, a boilerplate is a unit of writing that can be reused over and over without change. By extension, the idea is sometimes applied to reusable programming as in boilerplate code. The term derives from steel manufacturing, where boilerplate is steel rolled into large plates for use in steam boilers.
template in Medicine. template temÂ·plate or temÂ·plet (tÄm'plÄ­t) n. A pattern or gauge, such as a thin metal plate with a cut pattern, used as a guide in making something accurately, as in woodworking. A molecule, such as DNA, that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a macromolecule, as of RNA.