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.

