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wrapper

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wrapper  \Wrap"per\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  wraps. 
 
  2.  That  in  which  anything  is  wrapped,  or  inclosed;  envelope; 
  covering. 
 
  3.  Specifically,  a  loose  outer  garment;  an  article  of  dress 
  intended  to  be  wrapped  round  the  person;  as  a  morning 
  wrapper;  a  gentleman's  wrapper. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wrapper 
  n  1:  a  loose  dressing  gown  for  women  [syn:  {negligee},  {neglige}, 
  {peignoir},  {housecoat}] 
  2:  a  paper  jacket  for  a  book;  a  jacket  on  which  promotional 
  information  is  printed  [syn:  {book  jacket},  {dust  cover}, 
  {dust  jacket},  {dust  wrapper}] 
  3:  the  covering  (usually  paper  or  cellophane)  in  which 
  something  is  wrapped  [syn:  {wrapping},  {wrap}] 
  4:  an  outer  garment  that  is  folded  or  wrapped  around  a  person 
  [syn:  {wrap}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  wrapper 
 
    Code  which  is  combined  with  another  piece  of 
  {code}  to  determine  how  that  code  is  executed.  The  wrapper 
  acts  as  an  interface  between  its  caller  and  the  wrapped  code. 
  This  may  be  done  for  compatibility,  e.g.  if  the  wrapped  code 
  is  in  a  different  programming  language  or  uses  different 
  calling  conventions,  or  for  security,  e.g.  to  prevent  the 
  calling  program  from  executing  certain  functions.  The 
  implication  is  that  the  wrapped  code  can  only  be  accessed  via 
  the  wrapper. 
 
  (1998-12-15)




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