Template

Template

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Template may mean:

* a stencil, pattern or overlay used in graphic arts (drawing, painting, etc.) and sewing to replicate letters, shapes or designs

* a pre-developed page layout in electronic or paper media used to make new pages with a similar design, pattern, or style

* Form letter, a predefined letter which retains its primary intent when individually customised with variable data or text.

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Computer science and information technology

* Template (file format), a standardized non-executable file type used by computer software as a pre-formatted example on which to base other files, especially documents

* Template (C++), a tool for generic programming especially in the C++ language

* Template metaprogramming, a programming technique used by a compiler to generate temporary source code

* Template method, an object-oriented design pattern

* Template processor, a system that combines a template with data to produce an output.

* Template (word processing), a standard document containing layout and styles used to configure word processing software

* Style sheet (web development) or master page on which you can globally edit and format graphic elements and text common to each page of a document

* Web template or web template system, a master page used to produce web pages

* A main document from which mail merge documents are created

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