documentation
Americannoun
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the use of documentary evidence.
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a furnishing with documents, as to substantiate a claim or the data in a book or article.
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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.
noun
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the act of supplying with or using documents or references
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the documents or references supplied
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the furnishing and use of documentary evidence, as in a court of law
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computing the written comments, graphical illustrations, flowcharts, manuals, etc, supplied with a program or software system
Other Word Forms
- documentational adjective
Etymology
Origin of documentation
Example Sentences
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By carefully reviewing historical documentation, the team was able to link the original photograph to the correct frog specimen.
From Science Daily
“They are just scared of any type of documentation, let alone signing up their child for services, because of the repercussions,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
The wall text quotes Mr. Walther acknowledging that it was their systematic documentation of outmoded industrial structures that first got him interested in photography, and his collection includes many examples.
"These three sites were classic sites in the discovery and the documentation of the megafaunal extinctions in North America and the disappearance of the Clovis culture," said Kennett.
From Science Daily
Researchers collected fossils using 1 m2 grid sections across a total area of 36 m2, a method that ensured detailed documentation of the site.
From Science Daily
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