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Documentation

//ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea. countable, in-plural, rare, uncountable
  2. 2
    A documentary.

    "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."

  3. 3
    documentary validation wordnet
  4. 4
    Documentary evidence and sources. countable, in-plural, rare, uncountable
  5. 5
    program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs wordnet
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  1. 6
    Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program. countable, in-plural, rare, uncountable
  2. 7
    confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence wordnet
  3. 8
    Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code. countable, in-plural, rare, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.

Etymology 2

From German Dokumentation.

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