<P> Boilerplate text, or simply boilerplate, is any written text (copy) that can be reused in new contexts or applications without being changed much from the original . The term is used in reference to statements, contracts and computer code . </P> <P> "Boiler plate" originally referred to the rolled steel used to make water boilers but is used in the media to refer to hackneyed or unoriginal writing . The term refers to the metal printing plates of pre-prepared text such as advertisements or syndicated columns that were distributed to small, local newspapers . These printing plates came to be known as' boilerplates' by analogy . One large supplier to newspapers of this kind of boilerplate was the Western Newspaper Union, which supplied "ready - to - print stories (which) contained national or international news" to papers with smaller geographic footprints, which could include advertisements pre-printed next to the conventional content . </P> <P> In contract law, the term "boilerplate language" or "boilerplate clause" describes the parts of a contract that are considered standard . A standard form contract or boilerplate contract is a contract between two parties, where the terms and conditions of the contract are set by one of the parties, and the other party has little or no ability to negotiate more favorable terms and is thus placed in a "take it or leave it" position . </P>

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