Associations to the word «Document»

Wiktionary

DOCUMENT, noun. An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support. Any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.
DOCUMENT, noun. (obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
DOCUMENT, noun. (obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.
DOCUMENT, verb. To record in documents.
DOCUMENT, verb. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.
DOCUMENT CAMERA, noun. A real-time image capture device used to display an object to an audience.
DOCUMENT CAMERAS, noun. Plural of document camera
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, noun. A computer system or set of computer programs used to track and store electronic documents and/or images of paper documents.
DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL, noun. (Internet) A cross-platform, language-independent convention for representing and interacting with objects in HTML, XHTML and XML documents.
DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL, noun. (information science) The matching of a user query against a set of free-text records, including unstructured text, such as newspaper articles, real-estate records or paragraphs in a manual.

Dictionary definition

DOCUMENT, noun. Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature).
DOCUMENT, noun. Anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks.
DOCUMENT, noun. A written account of ownership or obligation.
DOCUMENT, noun. (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters.
DOCUMENT, verb. Record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development".
DOCUMENT, verb. Support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?".

Wise words

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
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