program wrapper

[melodius]

Hey,
Can someone please tell me what a program wrapper is please? I cannot find out what it is anywhere. It should have someting to do with O/S.

Thanks

 

[Vista]

Found this def. on google:
2) In programming, a wrapper is a program or script that sets the stage and makes possible the running of another, more important program.
What this exactly means however remains a little bit foggy...

 

[Trizoy]

This is what I think it is..


Then you click on an installation program and it installs multiple exe's and dll etc from a single file (it is wrapped together) which usually has an EXE extension.

Basically multiple files in a single file, a zipped exe...