What's an annotation?

HellKitten · Jun 11, 2008

Okay, I can't find a answer on youtube, I was wondering if any of you guys knew what an annotation is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg-K82yPAGk&feature=PlayList&p=F36FD2F7DF1BF3D4&index=1 Its right under the video where you can watch it in high or standard quality.

{feel.the.wrath} · Jun 11, 2008

By what YouTube said, I think it's text that you put on your videos or something. I haven't tried it.

Luna Lovegood · Jun 11, 2008

It's basically like a caption in a video. A little box pops up with text in it. It's handy if you've forgotten something or made a typo in your video.

Hayabusa · Jun 11, 2008

I have an idea of using that for comedy. Just add captions to funny moments in Kingdom Hearts cutscenes XD

Destined · Jun 12, 2008

Here's what wiki has to say about it.

Wikipedia said:

Computing

In computing, the programmer often adds annotations to source code in the form of comments. These do not affect the working of the program but give explanations (for other programmers, or potential readers of the code principally, but also as a reminder for the author), hints or plans for improvement, etc.
Further annotations can also be added by a compiler or programmer in the form of metadata, which is then made available in later stages of building or executing a program. For example, a compiler may use metadata to make decisions about what warnings to issue, or a linker can use metadata to connect multiple object files into a single executable. Differences in computer languages have given rise to a variety of words for programmer-added metadata, including annotation (Java, Python), attribute (C#), pragma (C), and metadata (HTML).
Often, software developers need to be able to create and access information that is not going to be part of the source file itself. Such annotations are usually part of several software development activities, such as code walks and porting, where third party source code is analysed in a functional way. Annotations can therefore help the developer during any stage of software development where a formal documentation system would hinder progress. One tool that supports the creation of annotations for source code is kelp, which stores annotations in separate files, linking the information to the source code dynamically.
Many source code version control systems offer an "annotate" or "blame" feature which allows the user to see when and by whom a particular section in a source code file was last changed.
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Gamefreak103 · Jun 12, 2008

Umm...look at my vid for an example.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=j0pZ7_q2as8

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