boxed comments

( n.)

   Comments  (explanatory  notes  attached to program instructions) that
   occupy  several  lines  by themselves; so called because in assembler
   and  C  code  they are often surrounded by a box in a style something
   like this:

/*************************************************
 *
 * This is a boxed comment in C style
 *
 *************************************************/

   Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add a
   matching  row  of  asterisks  closing  the right side of the box. The
   sparest  variant omits all but the comment delimiters themselves; the
   `box' is implied. Oppose {winged comments}.

[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {winged comments}]