1. The total amount of information presented on a display at any one time.
2. A part of a web page that acts as an independent unit within the page. In HTML, it is possible to define a number of frames within the base page, and to read different documents into these frames. Early versions of browsers did not support the use of frames, but modern browsers do.
3. A single message or packet on a data link using a data link control protocol such as HDLC, ADCCP, etc. The frame is the unit of error detection, retransmission, etc. A special pattern of bits—a flag—marks the beginning and ending of the frame. In the HDLC protocol, a flag is the 8-bit sequence
01111110
that when followed by any sequence of bits other than another flag denotes the beginning of a frame of data; the flag is maintained as a unique synchronizing sequence of bits since the rules of the protocol require that a 0 is automatically inserted by the sending equipment whenever it detects the presence of five 1s in the input data stream.
4. In general, a complete or self-identifying message in a data communication system.
5. A section of a recording on magnetic tape that comprises a single bit in each track.