conditional comments

A form of conditional comment — A comment in source code that can be interpreted as a directive by some systems, but is ignored by those others that are not aware of the convention; formerly used to overcome compatibility issues between web browsers.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of conditional comment
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