documentation
[dok-yuh-men-tey-shuh n, -muh n-]
- 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.
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Origin of documentation
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Contemporary Examples
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. VisasChristine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla
September 28, 2014
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. VisasChristine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla
September 28, 2014
Part of that lies in the paucity of documentation of what the Vikings actually did during their raids.
Or, the documentation we are left with was written centuries after the events, often in poetry, often wrong.
They call their style of documentation work “emergency cinema.”
Syria’s Underground Film Club: Anonymous ‘Emergency Cinema,’ No Dead BodiesNina Strochlic
June 29, 2014
Historical Examples
First documentation I found was in the South Pacific air war in the '40s.
A Fine FixR. C. Noll
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 TechnologyIvor Noel Hume
The documentation of this work is far thinner than for the Thames Tunnel.
The teaching of Germany's poets, prophets, professors, and preachers; a documentation.
Introduction to the Science of SociologyRobert E. Park
documentation
- 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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Word Origin and History for documentation
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