Documentation

Quick meaning: Documentation is a noun meaning Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Documentary evidence and sources.
2. (computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
3. (programming) Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.
4. (non-native speakers' English) A documentary.

Example Sentences

Yesterday I watched a documentation about the Dresden fire storm.

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.

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.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for documentation

Depending on context, synonyms include support, corroboration, certification.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include certification, corroboration, support, dossier, document, file.

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