[Software Development] Terminology: Boilerplate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilerplate_%28text%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilerplate_code


Differences between boilerplate and template?

From : http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/B/boilerplate.html

Template: describes the layout & style information
Boilerplate: actual text & graphics

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/boilerplate

boilerplate : actual text / code
template: fill-in-the-blanks boilerplate