boilerplate

boilerplate
a) Describing text of a standard or routine nature.

The contract contained all the usual boilerplate clauses.

b) Used to describe a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures.

A boilerplate spacecraft was used to test the rocket

2. noun
a) A sheet of steel used in the construction of a boiler.

They put that boilerplate on all the warning labels.

b) Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels.
See Also: boilerplated, boilerplating

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