English Explanatory Dictionary

documentation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
  2. Documentary evidence and sources.
  3. Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
  4. Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.
noun
  1. A documentary.

Pronunciation

/ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-documentation.wav /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/ /ˌdɑkjəmənˈteɪʃən/ /ˌdɔkjʊmenˈtæɪʃən/ /ˌdɒkjʊmenˈtæɪʃən/ [ˌdɔ̟kjʊmenˈtæɪʃən]

Word forms

documentation documentations

Etymology

From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.

Related words

document

Derived words

doc documentational e-documentation overdocumentation photodocumentation redocumentation teledocumentation
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