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Layout vs Schema - What's the difference?

layout | schema |

As nouns the difference between layout and schema

is that layout is a structured arrangement of items within certain limits while schema is an outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).

layout

English

(wikipedia layout)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A structured arrangement of items within certain s.
  • A plan for such arrangement.
  • The act of laying out something.
  • (publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information to fit within certain constraints.
  • (engineering) A map or a drawing of a construction site showing the position of roads, buildings or other constructions.
  • (electronics) A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.
  • See also

    * keyboard layout *

    Anagrams

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    schema

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a ).
  • (databases) A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.
  • (markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as for XML files.
  • (logic) A formula in the language of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
  • Synonyms

    * (universally-applicable image or outline) schemat * (databases) schemat * (logic) axiom schema, schemat

    Derived terms

    * conceptual schema * logical schema * physical schema

    Anagrams

    * *

    References

    * “ schema]” listed in the [[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary] , second edition (1989) English nouns with irregular plurals ----