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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The ceasefire monitoring mechanism allows the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon to support the army's documentation efforts in the field, two sources familiar with the matter noted.
From Barron's
Payments must be real, and you need to keep documentation of them.
From MarketWatch
He then went to Brazil and made his way north, eventually crossing into the US, without documentation, through the Mexican border.
From BBC
It must also conduct interior cleaning of more than 50 reservoirs where there are gaps in documentation or time since the last cleaning was recorded.
From Los Angeles Times
The delivery had no documentation about the origin of the specimens but did include a recipe on how to make soup with them.
From BBC
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