Deframe

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Takes a picture, panel or other item out of the frame that surrounds or holds it in place
2. Removes the border or mounting that encloses an object, leaving the object itself free of its surround
3. Strips an artwork or other object of the frame that has been fixed around it

Etymology: The verb "frame" started out in Old English as "framian," meaning "to be of use" or "to profit," from the adjective "fram," meaning "forward" or "vigorous." It was closely related to Old Norse "frami," "advancement." The modern sense of building or shaping something emerged later, in Middle English, so the everyday meaning of "frame" is far from its oldest one. "Deframe" is a modern technical formation: the prefix "de-," meaning "remove" or "undo," attached to "frame" in its sense of a structured unit of data. In telecommunications and digital data transmission, a stream of bits is divided into frames, each marked by synchronization and control information. To deframe is to strip away that framing and recover the payload underneath. The term follows the same pattern as other "de-" verbs in engineering, such as "decode" or "demodulate," and it is used mainly in technical contexts rather than general English.