0 text that can be copied and used in legal documents or in computer programs, with only very small changes
1 a way of writing or thinking that is not special and does not show any imagination:
The lyrics are boilerplate and uninspiring.
2 writing that has been used before many times with only very small changes:
3 a way of thinking that is ordinary and does not show any imagination:
Even simple iterators built this way tend to be significantly bulkier than those using generators, with a lot of boilerplate code.
All previous command and service modules flown (with one exception) were boilerplate versions.
The boilerplate capsules were designed and used to test spacecraft recovery systems, and escape tower and rocket motors.
The boilerplate was replaced by concrete in 1990.
Although these licences might be based on a standard boilerplate, each one is thus unique.
In practice, this is just boilerplate language that comes along with the application.
The most general kind of form letter consists of one or more regions of boilerplate text interspersed with one or more substitution placeholders.
Standard form contracts contain boilerplate, which is a set of one size fits all contract provisions.
