comments

remarks; observations, annotations, criticisms: There were harsh comments on the performance.
Not to be confused with:commence – originate, inaugurate, begin, start: commence the show

com·ment

C0508500 (kŏm′ĕnt)n.1. a. A written note intended as an explanation, illustration, or criticism of a passage in a book or other writing; an annotation.b. A series of annotations or explanations.2. a. A statement of fact or opinion, especially a remark that expresses a personal reaction or attitude.b. An implied conclusion or judgment: a novel that is a comment on contemporary lawlessness.3. Talk; gossip: a divorce that caused much comment.4. Computers A string of text in a program that does not function in the program itself but is used by the programmer to explain instructions.5. Linguistics The part of a sentence that provides new information about the topic. Also called rheme.v. com·ment·ed, com·ment·ing, com·ments v.intr.1. To make a comment; remark.2. To serve as a judgmental commentary: "Her demise comments on [the Upper East Side's] entire way of life" (Mark Muro).v.tr. To make comments on; annotate.

[Middle English, from Late Latin commentum, interpretation, from Latin, contrivance, from neuter past participle of comminīscī, to devise; see men- in Indo-European roots.]

comments

Lines of documentation in program source code and batch file scripts. Comments, also called "remarks," are words or symbols that identify a line or a group of lines as text that is not to be compiled or executed.

Comment Quality
The bottom line is that most programmers hate to document, and the quality of the documentation ranges from the ridiculous to the sublime (rarely sublime). The quality of the comments goes a long way in determining the ease with which a program can be changed, not only by other programmers, but also by the original programmer. See obfuscator and comment out.

Sample Codes for Comments/Remarks

When several lines of comments are used, the start and stop symbols for multi-line comments eliminate having to enter a code on each line.