An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. A border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.; a structure for admitting or enclosing something.
   
2. One of the successive pictures on a roll of movie film or videotape.
   
3. In computers, the information or image on a screen or monitor at any one time.

Etymology (EN): Frame, from M.E. verb framen “to prepare (timber),” from O.E. framian “to avail, profit.”; cf. O.H.G. (gi)framon “to do.”

Etymology (PE): 1) Cârcub “frame,” from câr, contraction of cahâr “four” (→ four) + cub “stick, satff, beam,” Mid.Pers. côp “wood, stick.” 2) Tasvirak from Ar. tasvir “image” + -ak
suffix of relation and similarity (as in poštak, dastak, nâxonak), → fibril.