documentation
Americannoun
-
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.
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
Other Word Forms
- documentational adjective
Etymology
Origin of documentation
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But it is some of the work, the documentation, the rote things you need to do, is where I would say the work remains to be done.
According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, Wayne, an engineer at the Atari video game company, was in charge of hardware engineering and documentation in the fledgling business.
From Barron's
Doing this provides employees and employers with unbiased rollover guidance, clear conflict checks and prudent process documentation for the sponsor, all without creating new regulation or complex rules.
Structure this properly with legal documentation to ensure it meets IRS requirements.
From MarketWatch
The senator requested extensive documentation, including financial and safety records, from the two largest private equity-backed child-care companies in the U.S.:
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.