ETYM Cf. Old Fren. comment.
A written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; SYN. commentary.
(Publizistik) Persönl. u. krit. Stellungnahme eines Journalisten zu aktuellen Ereignissen.
(allgemein) Erläuterungen u. Anmerkungen bei wiss. Ausgaben literar. Werke u. Gesetzestexte.
ETYM. latin.
1. Wiss. Erläuterung der Auslegung eines Textes.
2. Im Journalismus Meinungsäußerung zu einem aktuellen Ereignis oder einer polit. Entwicklung.
ETYM Archaic.
1. To explain or interpret something.
2. To make or write comment to make a comment on; SYN. notice, remark, point out.
Text embedded in a program for documentation purposes. Comments usually describe what the program does, who wrote it, why it was changed, and so on. Most programming languages have a syntax for creating comments so that they can be recognized and ignored by the compiler or assembler. Also called: remark. See also comment out.