What does /// mean in JavaScript?

Question

The double forward slash // is a comment in JavaScript, but what does a triple forward slash /// mean? The reason I am asking is the code breaks when I remove a line that has ///. Which leads me to believe that /// is not a comment.

Answer 1

Could be a reference directive

Does it look like this?

/// <reference path="jquery-1.8.2.js" />

Answer 2

These are all comments:

//
// ..............
//..............
// //////////////
////////////////
///
/// ..............

since the comment extends from the // to the end of the line.

Edited to add: Of course, there are various contexts where neither // nor /// introduces a comment. For example:

'///'       <-- this is a string
"///"       <-- this is a string (same as previous)
/[///]/     <-- this is a regular expression (same as /\//)
/* /// */   <-- this is a comment delimited by /*...*/
/\///3      <-- this is /\// divided by 3, i.e., not-a-number

Answer 3

A commented out slash character in the code.

If it is in a regular expression, please provide the context/complete line of code to allow quality explanations to be provided.

Answer 4

In Javascript anything that begins with at least 2 //, is a comment, adding one more would make no difference as far as the code not working.