Re: Origin of Boiler Plate

>In article <307C6437.41CC_at_ibm.net> Alan Clement <aclem_at_ibm.net> writes:
>>Can anyone tell me, or hazzard a guess as to the origin of the
>>phrase 'Boiler Plate' used to describe static text placed on a
>>Form canvas or a Report layout ?
>
>Here's my attempt: Boilerplate is used to define text (in the word
>processing world) that may be used repeatedly in multiple documents.
>The word processing person simply pastes the "boilerplate" text into
>each new document as it is created.
>
>A textbook I once read mentioned boilerplate text used by law firms.
>
>Therefore... I can see the similarity to boilerplate in forms and
 reports.
>
>Regards, Steve Cosner
>
>

For what its worth the term Boilerplate pre-dates the computer era...

Chris Received on Fri Oct 13 1995 - 00:00:00 CET