Stepping out of the reality of the scene by saying or doing something that refers to the fact that it's a scene being played. Also refers to "playing" an emotion rather than feeling it. Should be avoided, though used sparingly it can sometimes be effective.

Comments / Commenting most often used to refer to having a server that belongs to one person or group physically located on an Internet-connected network that belongs to another person or group. Usually this is done because the server owner wants their machine to be on a high-speed Internet connection and/or they do not want the security risks of having the server on thier own network.

A technique for creating teaching opportunities based on a child’s interest. The adult makes a statement about what the child has, sees, or does or about what she herself has, sees, or does. This technique may also be called self-talk or parallel talk.

Entries in SQL statements that are not read by the query engine. -- single line comment /* c-style multi-line comments

Adding comments in code, like HTML, that help programmers understand how the code has been written. Comments are not displayed in browsers.