Associations to the word «Documentation»

Wiktionary

DOCUMENTATION, noun. Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
DOCUMENTATION, noun. (computing) Documents that explain the operation of a particular software program.

Dictionary definition

DOCUMENTATION, noun. Confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence.
DOCUMENTATION, noun. Program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs.
DOCUMENTATION, noun. Documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats