Wrapper generally refers to a type of
packaging
Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a co ...
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Computing
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Wrapper (data mining) Wrapper in data mining is a procedure that extracts regular subcontent of an unstructured or loosely-structured information source and translates it into a relational form, so it can be processed as structured data. Wrapper induction is the proble ...
, a technique used in data mining
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Wrapper function, a function whose main purpose is to call a second function
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Wrapper library
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Driver wrapper, software that functions as an adapter between an operating system and a driver
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Wrapper pattern
In software engineering, the adapter pattern is a software design pattern (also known as wrapper, an alternative naming shared with the decorator pattern) that allows the interface of an existing class to be used as another interface. It is often ...
, where some computer programming code allows certain classes to work together that otherwise would not
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Primitive wrapper class, a computer term referring to a Java class in object-oriented programming
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TCP Wrapper
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TCP Wrappers (also known as tcp_wrappers) is a host-based networking ACL system, used to filter network access to Internet Protocol servers on (Unix-like) operating systems such as Linux or BSD. It allows host or subnetwork IP addresses ...
, software used for filtering network access.
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Service wrapper A service wrapper is a computer program that wraps arbitrary programs thus enabling them to be installed and run as Windows Services or Unix daemons, programs that run in the background, rather than under the direct control of a user. They are ofte ...
, software that enables other programs to be run as services or daemons
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digital container format containing both data and metadata
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Wrapper (clothing), a woman's garment which is worn over nightwear in North America, and a colorful garment widely worn in West Africa
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Wrapper (philately)
In philately a wrapper is a form of postal stationery which pays the cost of the delivery of a newspaper or a periodical. The wrapper is a sheet of paper, large enough to wrap around a folded or rolled newspaper and with an imprinted stamp to pay t ...
, postal stationery which pays the delivery cost of a newspaper or a periodical
* Wrapper, the outer leaf of tobacco used in
cigar making
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Newspaper wrapper
In philately a wrapper is a form of postal stationery which pays the cost of the delivery of a newspaper or a periodical. The wrapper is a sheet of paper, large enough to wrap around a folded or rolled newspaper and with an imprinted stamp to pay t ...
* The
dust jacket of a hardcover book
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Label (disambiguation)
A label is any kind of tag attached to something so as to identify the object or its content. It may refer to:
* Label, an identifier
* Labelling, describing someone or something in a word or short phrase
Physical tags
* Clothing label, referri ...
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Wrap (disambiguation)
Wrap, WRAP or Wrapped may refer to:
Storage and preservation
* Gift wrap or wrap paper, used to enclose a present
* Overwrap, a wrapping of items in a package or a wrapping over packages
* Plastic wrap, a thin, clear, flexible plastic used to co ...
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Rapping
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
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