documentation
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Noun (3)
- confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidenceSynonyms: certificationcorroborationType of confirmation
- program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programsSynonyms: software documentationType of software, software program
- documentary validation“his documentation of the results was excellent”“the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones”Synonyms: supportType of validation, proof
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Translations
Noun manuals, technical documents
- Spanish
- documentación
- French
- documentation
- German
- Dokumentation
- Italian
- documentazione
- Portuguese
- documentação
- Turkish
- dokümantasyon
- Russian
- документа́ция dokumentácija
- Chinese
- 文档 wéndàng
- Japanese
- ドキュメンテーション dokyumentēshon
- Dutch
- documentatie
22 more languages
- Polish
- dokumentacja
- Swedish
- dokumentation
- Greek
- τεκμηρίωση tekmiríosi
- Indonesian
- dokumentasi
- Vietnamese
- tài liệu
- Hungarian
- dokumentáció
- Portuguese (PT)
- documentação
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 文檔 wéndàng
- Catalan
- documentació
- Czech
- dokumentace
- Danish
- dokumentation
- Esperanto
- dokumentaro
- Finnish
- dokumentaatio
- Georgian
- დოკუმენტაცია doḳumenṭacia
- Hebrew
- תיעוד ti'úd
- Icelandic
- skjölun
- Lithuanian
- dokumentacija
- Norwegian
- dokumentasjon
- Romanian
- documentație
- Serbo-Croatian
- dokumentacija
- Slovak
- dokumentácia
- Welsh
- dogfennaeth
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<programming> The multiple kilograms of macerated, pounded, steamed, bleached, and pressed trees that accompany most modern software or hardware products (see also tree-killer). Hackers seldom read paper documentation and (too) often resist writing it; they prefer theirs to be terse and on-line. A common comment on this predilection is "You can't grep dead trees".
See drool-proof paper, verbiage, treeware. [Jargon File]
(2003-10-25)
The Jargon File
The multiple kilograms of macerated, pounded, steamed, bleached, and pressed trees that accompany most modern software or hardware products (see also tree-killer). Hackers seldom read paper documentation and (too) often resist writing it; they prefer theirs to be terse and on-line. A common comment on this predilection is “You can't grep dead trees”. See drool-proof paper, verbiage, treeware.