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Documentation (Noun)

Program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs.

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

The software company provided extensive documentation for the new programming language, including tutorials and reference guides.
The technical writer spent months creating documentation for the complex software system, including user manuals and troubleshooting guides.
The open-source project relied on community contributions to create and maintain its documentation, which was available online for anyone to access.
The programmer carefully reviewed the documentation for the library she was using, looking for any clues that might explain the strange error she was encountering.
The company's documentation team worked closely with the development team to ensure that the documentation for the new product was accurate and up-to-date.

Documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones".

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence.

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

The authenticity of the artifact was confirmed through extensive documentation, including historical records and photographs.
The researcher spent years gathering documentation to support her theory about the origins of the ancient civilization.
The company provided detailed documentation to prove that their product met all relevant safety standards.
The lawyer pored over the documentation, searching for any inconsistencies in the witness's testimony.
The journalist's investigation was thorough, with documentation to back up every claim made in the exposé.