This document discusses the Spring framework. It defines framework as software that provides predefined support for application development. Spring is described as an open source, lightweight application framework that uses inversion of control (IOC) and dependency injection (DI). The document outlines the different versions and modules of Spring, including core, DAO, ORM, context, AOP, and web modules. It also discusses Spring architecture, the types of frameworks (invasive and non-invasive), and the resources needed to develop a Spring application.