Comment may refer to:
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Comment (linguistics)
In linguistics, the topic, or theme, of a sentence is what is being talked about, and the comment (rheme or Focus (linguistics), focus) is what is being said about the topic. This division into old vs. new content is called information structu ...
or rheme, that which is said about the topic (theme) of a sentence
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Bernard Comment (born 1960), Swiss writer and publisher
Computing
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Comment (computer programming)
In computer programming, a comment is a programmer-readable explanation or '' annotation'' in the source code of a computer program. They are added with the purpose of making the source code easier for humans to understand, and are generally ign ...
, explanatory text or information embedded in the source code of a computer program
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Comment programming, a software development technique based on the regular use of comment tags
Law
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Public comment
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichke ...
, a term used by various U.S. government agencies, referring to comments invited regarding a report or proposal
* Short scholarly papers written by members of a
law review
A law review or law journal is a scholarly journal or publication that focuses on legal issues. A law review is a type of legal periodical. Law reviews are a source of research, imbedded with analyzed and referenced legal topics; they also p ...
* Comments on proposed rules under the
rulemaking process in United States administrative law
Media and entertainment
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''Comment'' (TV series), a 1958 Australian television series
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''Comment'' (album), a 1970 album by Les McCann
* "Comment", a 1969 song by
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
* ''Comment'', a quarterly journal published by
Cardus
Cardus is a Canadian conservative think tank based in Hamilton, Ontario, which has described its mission as "the renewal of North American social architecture.", and bases its work upon a "Judeo-Christian social thought". It formally describes its ...
* ''Comment'', later ''
aCOMMENT'', an Australian quarterly literary magazine published 1940-7
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Comment section, a user-generated content feature of Web content allowing readers to publish comments
See also
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Commentary (disambiguation)
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Comment spam (disambiguation)
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Internet commentator (disambiguation)
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Remark (disambiguation)
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Request for Comments
A Request for Comments (RFC) is a publication in a series from the principal technical development and standards-setting bodies for the Internet, most prominently the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). An RFC is authored by individuals or g ...
, an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) memorandum on Internet systems and standards
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Annotation
An annotation is extra information associated with a particular point in a document or other piece of information. It can be a note that includes a comment or explanation. Annotations are sometimes presented in the margin of book pages. For anno ...
, an explanation included with other data
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Footnote, a note at the bottom of a page
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Obiter dictum
''Obiter dictum'' (usually used in the plural, ''obiter dicta'') is a Latin phrase meaning "other things said",''Black's Law Dictionary'', p. 967 (5th ed. 1979). that is, a remark in a legal opinion that is "said in passing" by any judge or arbit ...
'', a remark or observation made by a judge that does not form a necessary part of the court's decision
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