documentation
Pronunciation: /ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/
The English word “documentation” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
- Documentary evidence and sources.
- Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
- Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.
- A documentary.
Etymology
From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.
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