Annotation

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Annotation \An`no*ta"tion\, n. [L. annotatio: cf. F.
     annotation.]
     A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually
     in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a
     word or a passage.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  annotation
       n 1: a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were
            appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short
            notation to the address on the envelope" [syn: {note}, {notation}]
       2: the act of adding notes [syn: {annotating}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "annotation":
     adversaria, aide-memoire, apparatus criticus, comment, commentary,
     commentation, docket, entry, exegesis, footnote, gloss, item,
     jotting, marginal note, marginalia, memo, memoir, memorandum,
     memorial, minutes, notation, note, note of explanation, register,
     registry, reminder, scholia, scholium, word of explanation
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  annotation
       
          1.  Extra information associated with a
          particular point in a document or program.  Annotations may be
          added either by a {compiler} or by the programmer.  They are
          not usually essential to the correct function of the program
          but give hints to improve performance.
       
          2.  A new commentary {node} linked to an existing
          node.  If readers, as well as authors, can annotate nodes,
          then they can immediately provide feedback if the information
          is misleading, out of date or plain wrong.
       
          (1995-11-26)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ANNOTATION, civil law. The designation of a place of deportation. Dig. 32,
  1, 3 or the summoning of an, absentee. Dig. lib. 5.
       2. In another sense, annotations were the answers of the prince to
  questions put to him by private persons respecting some doubtful point of
  law. See Rescript.