documentation
[ dok-yuh-men-tey-shuh n, -muh n- ]
/ ˌdɒk yə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -mən- /
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.
RELATED CONTENT
What Is MLA Style?MLA style is the style recommended by the Modern Language Association for preparing scholarly manuscripts and student research papers. It concerns itself with the mechanics of writing, such as punctuation, quotation, and documentation of sources. MLA style has been widely used by schools, academic departments, and instructors for nearly half a century. MLA style provides writers with a system for cross-referencing their sources from their parenthetical references to their “works …
RELATED WORDS
story, evidence, note, file, testimony, report, document, transcript, history, information, demonstration, affidavit, deposition, statement, testament, data, witness, warranty, license, coupon
Nearby words
- document reader,
- documental,
- documentalist,
- documentarian,
- documentary,
- docusoap,
- docutainment,
- dod,
- dodd,
- dodd, william
Origin of documentation
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web 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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
documentation
1754, "admonition," from Medieval Latin documentationem (nominative documentio) "admonition" (see document). Meaning "furnishing with documents or papers" is from 1884, probably from document. Meaning "collection of informational papers" is from 1927.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper