What does this java script mean? /*******?

Question

I'm looking at some code and trying to get a basic idea what the /**** is intended for before an after some text that is entered.

Answer 1

/*   means this is the start of a block comment

*/   means this is the end of a block comment

ex:

/* THIS IS A COMMENT, IT WILL NOT BE READ BY THE PROGRAM */

Answer 2

java

programming language for network-based applications running on World Wide Web pages on the Internet (Computers)  

Answer 3

/* is the start of a comment

some programmers start the comment with a line of '*' to make a solid line to clearly show to the programmer where the line starts.

the line is really just a comment that gets ignored by javascript.

*/ is the end of a comment

example:

/* this is a comment */

/******************

  this is an easy to find comment

*****************/

have fun...

the cowboycoder