documentation

[ dok-yuh-men-tey-shuh n, -muh n- ]

/ ˌdɒk yə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -mən- /

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noun

the use of documentary evidence.

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

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.

Words nearby documentation

document, document reader, documentalist, documentarian, documentary, documentation, docusoap, docutainment, dod, dodd, dodder

Origin of documentation

First recorded in 1745–55; document + -ation

Examples from the Web for documentation

But Tommy, like many others, has been unable to obtain the documentation required by the State Department for the visa.
Obama Went to War to Save Them, But They Can’t Get U.S. Visas|Christine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The U.S. government should expedite their cases while showing some modicum of flexibility in reviewing their documentation.
Obama Went to War to Save Them, But They Can’t Get U.S. Visas|Christine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Part of that lies in the paucity of documentation of what the Vikings actually did during their raids.
How the Vikings Saved Europe and Got a Terrible Reputation|William O’Connor|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or, the documentation we are left with was written centuries after the events, often in poetry, often wrong.
How the Vikings Saved Europe and Got a Terrible Reputation|William O’Connor|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They call their style of documentation work “emergency cinema.”
Syria’s Underground Film Club: Anonymous ‘Emergency Cinema,’ No Dead Bodies|Nina Strochlic|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unfortunately, documentation of the case is almost wholly one sided, since his biggest publicizer was Mushet himself.
The Beginnings of Cheap Steel|Philip W. Bishop
So I think it would be normal that they would provide him with documentation.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The teaching of Germany's poets, prophets, professors, and preachers; a documentation.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park
Both (in the manner of their age) were extremely casual about documentation and acknowledgment.
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687)|William Winstanley
This is particularly true of American colonial history where the documentation often is extremely full.
Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology|Ivor Noel Hume

British Dictionary definitions for documentation

documentation

/ (ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən) /

noun

the act of supplying with or using documents or references

the documents or references supplied

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

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

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