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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky