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.