documentation meaning (rare): definition

documentation

noun

UK /ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/ · US /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/

Etymology From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.

In plural, Rare Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.

In plural, Rare Documentary evidence and sources.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical, Mechanical engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences In plural, Rare Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences In plural, Rare Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.

Derived terms: doc, documentational, e-documentation, overdocumentation, photodocumentation, redocumentation, teledocumentation
Related terms: document

documentation

noun

Etymology Borrowed from German Dokumentation.

A documentary.

Non-native speakers' English

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.1997 August 10, mclane, “Chess Analysis Software”, in rec.games.chess.computer (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022:
Yesterday I watched a documentation about the Dresden fire storm.1999 April 8, Friedrich Vystrcil, “The plan to invade Japan”, in soc.history.war.world-war-ii (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022:

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Yesterday, I watched a documentation about the "boss" of a German allot settlement who told other gardeners what plants to grow and what weed to cut. GEEZE! GET A LIVE! I felt tempted paying a visit to them and leave a bunch of knobby tire marks on this sucker's lawn...2010 September 16, Volker Bartheld, “This is Germany calling...”, in rec.motorcycles.dirt (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022: