Explanatory note in the source code of a computer program, skipped during its compilation or interpretation and without effect on execution
Also known as comment · source code comment · code comment · script comment · computing comment
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In computer programming, a comment is text embedded in source code that a translator ignores. Generally, a comment is an annotation intended to make the code easier for a programmer to understand – often explaining an aspect that is not readily apparent in the program (non-comment) code. For this article, comment refers to the same concept in a programming language, markup language, configuration file and any similar context. Some development tools, other than a source code translator, do parse comments to provide capabilities such as API document generation, static analysis, and version control integration. The syntax of comments varies by programming language yet there are repeating patterns in the syntax among languages as well as similar aspects related to comment content.