documentation

[ dok-yuh-men-tey-shuhn, -muhn- ]
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noun
  1. the use of documentary evidence.

  2. a furnishing with documents, as to substantiate a claim or the data in a book or article.

  1. Computers. manuals, listings, diagrams, and other hard- or soft-copy written and graphic materials that describe the use, operation, maintenance, or design of software or hardware: The documentation for the driver program is displayed on the screen.

Origin of documentation

1
First recorded in 1745–55; document + -ation

Other words from documentation

  • doc·u·men·ta·tion·al, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for documentation

documentation

/ (ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of supplying with or using documents or references

  2. the documents or references supplied

  1. the furnishing and use of documentary evidence, as in a court of law

  2. computing the written comments, graphical illustrations, flowcharts, manuals, etc, supplied with a program or software system

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