Documentation vs. Document

Documentationnoun

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

Documentationnoun

Documentary evidence and sources.

Documentationnoun

Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.

Documentationnoun

(programming) Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.

Documentationnoun

confirmation that some fact or statement is true

Documentationnoun

program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs

Documentationnoun

documentary validation;

Documentation

Documentation is any communicable material that is used to describe, explain or instruct regarding some attributes of an object, system or procedure, such as its parts, assembly, installation, maintenance and use. Documentation can be provided on paper, online, or on digital or analog media, such as audio tape or CDs.

Documentnoun

An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.

Documentnoun

Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.

Documentnoun

(computing) A file that contains text.

Documentnoun

(obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

Documentnoun

(obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.

Documentverb

To record in documents.

Documentverb

To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.

Documentnoun

That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

Documentnoun

An example for instruction or warning.

Documentnoun

An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; - in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.

Documentverb

To teach; to school.

Documentverb

To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

Documentnoun

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

Documentnoun

anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks

Documentnoun

a written account of ownership or obligation

Documentnoun

(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using 7-bit ASCII characters

Documentverb

record in detail;

Documentverb

support or supply with references;

Documentnoun

a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

Documentverb

record (something) in written, photographic, or other form

Documentverb

support or accompany with documentation

Document

A document is a written, drawn, presented, or memorialized representation of thought, often the manifestation of non-fictional, as well as fictional, content. The word originates from the Latin Documentum, which denotes a or : the verb doceō denotes .