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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It allows authorities to deny treaty benefits if offshore investment structures are deemed to be sham entities with little commercial substance - even when investors hold valid documentation.
From BBC
Before noon, one chat advised that observers were needed at an address where DHS agents “have person trapped in home who went back to house for documentation.”
From Los Angeles Times
In nursing, AI tools increasingly handle documentation and monitoring alerts, freeing clinicians to spend more time on patient care rather than replacing them.
The further documentation the court ordered Carnegie Mellon to present includes some specifically relating to administrators charged with enforcing the school’s antidiscrimination policy.
The report, which came from the review of bodycam footage and documentation, said officers tried to move Pretti off a roadway but he wouldn’t move.
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