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Package vs Wrapper - What's the difference?

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In computing terms the difference between package and wrapper

is that package is a piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager while wrapper is a construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another.

As nouns the difference between package and wrapper

is that package is something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope while wrapper is something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.

As a verb package

is to pack or bundle something.

package

English

(wikipedia package)

Noun

  • Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
  • Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
    • Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?
  • (label) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
  • The act of packing something.
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  • Something resembling a package.
  • A package holiday.
  • A football formation.
    • the "dime" defensive package
    For third and short, they're going to bring in their jumbo package.
  • (euphemistic, vulgar) The male genitalia.
  • A charge made for packing goods.

    • Verb

    (packag)
  • To pack or bundle something.
  • To travel on a package holiday.

    • References

    * English euphemisms

    wrapper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.
  • An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown.
  • *1839 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘William Wilson’:
  • *:‘Please to examine, at your leisure, the inner linings of the cuff of his left sleeve, and the several little packages which may be found in the somewhat capacious pockets of his embroidered morning wrapper .’
  • One who, or that which, wraps.
    • He proved to be a remarkably efficient wrapper of parcels.
  • (computing) A construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another.
    • We need a Perl wrapper for this C++ library.

    Synonyms

    * (construct that mediates access) * wrapper class

    Usage notes

    * In the computing sense, is often used attributively: one can speak of a “wrapper class”, a “wrapper object”, a “wrapper function”, and so on. More broadly, one can speak of the “wrapper pattern”, which is a general term for the creation and use of such wrappers.