documentation — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.

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2. Documentary evidence and sources.

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   • in-plural
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3. Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.

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4. Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.

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Noun

1. A documentary.

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   Yesterday I saw a documentation about Hitler and Stalin and the way Hitler cheated Stalin by suggesting him, he would NOT attack UdSSR but Great Britain. It was a very nice documentation, they showed that the whole bolschevism was just an arranged idea of germans, using Lenin/Stalin for own ideas.

   Yesterday I watched a documentation about the Dresden fire storm.

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   Yesterday, I watched a documentation about the "boss" of a German allot settlement who told other gardeners what plants to grow and what weed to cut. GEEZE! GET A LIVE! I felt tempted paying a visit to them and leave a bunch of knobby tire marks on this sucker's lawn...

Noun

1. confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

   Synonyms

   certificationcorroboration

   Broader terms

   confirmation

2. program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs

   Synonyms

   software documentation

   Broader terms

   softwaresoftware programcomputer softwaresoftware systemsoftware packagepackage

3. documentary validation

   Synonyms

   support

   Broader terms

   validationproofsubstantiation

   Examples

   his documentation of the results was excellent

   the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones