wireframing

noun
UK /ˈwaɪəfreɪmɪŋ/
US /ˈwaɪərfreɪmɪŋ/

Wireframing is drawing a simple plan of a webpage or app before you build it.

The designer spent the morning wireframing the new login screen.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The act of creating a basic visual guide that shows where elements go on a screen.

Good wireframing saves time later in development.

3. A rough structural drawing used to plan a digital product's layout.

Her wireframing showed the buttons and text boxes clearly.

4. The early planning stage of interface design, done before colors and images are added.

We are still wireframing, so nothing is final yet.