flowerboxとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

flower box (plural flower boxes)

1. A container in which flowers or plants are grown, usually affixed outside just below a window.

   Synonyms: planter, planter box

2. (computing, programming) A comment in source code that spans several lines, serving to introduce the source code that follows, and bordered by asterisks.
   • 1988, Computer Partners, Inc, Handbook of COBOL techniques and programming standards

     To make this easier to do, set up an empty flower box and copy it into your program...

   • 1989, Cary N. Prague, James E. Hammitt, dBase IV programming:

     […] you might have several lines of comments enclosed in a "flower box".

   • 2001, Danny Ryan, Tommy Ryan, ASP.NET: your visual blueprint for creating Web applications on the .Net:

     To end the flower box, type / to specify the end of a multiple line comment.

   • 2002, John Smiley, Learn to program with Visual Basic.NET:

     I then modified the code we had written earlier to include a flower box […]