It's the nameplate, not the actual boiler plate itself that gets affixed to every boiler. It was eventually required by law, but most manufacturers were already doing it.
This is where the term comes from in printing (the boilerplate was the required details for every page that didn't get changed).
Then the same was used in code (we used the printing concept of 'boilerplate'), the required element for code in order to get started with a project.
This is where the term comes from in printing (the boilerplate was the required details for every page that didn't get changed).
Then the same was used in code (we used the printing concept of 'boilerplate'), the required element for code in order to get started with a project.