doc·u·men·ta·tion

(dŏk′yə-mĕn-tā′shən)

a. The act or an instance of the supplying of documents or supporting references or records.

b. The documents or references so supplied.

2. The collation, synopsizing, and coding of printed material for future reference.

3. Computers The organized collection of records that describe the structure, purpose, operation, maintenance, and data requirements for a computer program, operating system, or hardware device.

doc′u·men·ta′tion·al adj.

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documentation

(ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən)

1. the act of supplying with or using documents or references

2. the documents or references supplied

3. (Law) the furnishing and use of documentary evidence, as in a court of law

4. (Computer Science) computing the written comments, graphical illustrations, flowcharts, manuals, etc, supplied with a program or software system

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doc•u•men•ta•tion

(ˌdɒk yə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -mən-)

n.

1. the use of documentary evidence.

2. a furnishing with documents, as to substantiate a claim or the data in a book or article.

3. instructional materials for computer software or hardware.

[1745–55]

doc`u•men•ta′tion•al, adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	documentation - confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence corroboration, certification confirmation - information that confirms or verifies
	2.	documentation - program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs software documentation software, software package, software program, software system, computer software, package - (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory; "the market for software is expected to expand"
	3.	documentation - documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones" support validation, substantiation, proof - the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

Translations

تَوْثِيق

dokumentace

dokumentation

asiapaperit

dokumentacija

ドキュメンテーション

문서화

dokumentation

การเตรียมเอกสาร

belgeleme

bộ tài liệu

文件资料

documentation

[ˌdɒkjʊmenˈteɪʃən] N → documentación f

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documentation

[ˌdɒkjumɛnˈteɪʃ^ən] n

(= evidence) → documentation f

(= personal papers) → papiers mpl

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documentation

n → Dokumentation f

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documentation

[ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃ/ən] n → documentazione f

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documentation

→ تَوْثِيق dokumentace dokumentation Dokumentation τεκμηρίωση documentación asiapaperit documentation dokumentacija documentazione ドキュメンテーション 문서화 documentatie dokumentasjon dokumentacja documentação документация dokumentation การเตรียมเอกสาร belgeleme bộ tài liệu 文件资料

doc·u·men·ta·tion

n. documentación, documentos, registros.

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References in classic literature

That is, in truth--I am permitted to say, because there cannot be any author's vanity in all this, since I do nothing more than transcribe facts on which an exceptional documentation enables me to throw a new light--that is because, in truth, I do not know that, in the domain of reality or imagination, one can discover or recall to mind anything comparable, in its mystery, with the natural mystery of The Yellow Room.

View in context

An issue is a problem with some aspect of the documentation that the team believes it knows how to improve on.

Incorporating usability testing into the documentation process

Documentation and Reimbursement For Speech-Language Pathologists: Principles and Practice

Documentation of patient care is based on requirements of accreditation bodies and federal and state regulations (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2015; The Joint Commission, 2015).

Standardizing Documentation: A Place for Everything

has unveiled a new mobile clinical documentation solution.

NUANCE UNVEILS CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION SOLUTION

Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood defines the process of pedagogical documentation and asks what a classroom experience says about a child's ideas and learning process, providing keys to creating the kinds of documentation that help foster and explain children's explorations.

Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood

More specifically, the time is now to consider the real goal of ICD-10: actually improving the level of clinical documentation.

Looking in the ICD-10 rearview mirror: did you take the right path?

Assessment and Documentation in Early Childhood Education

Irvine, CA, January 14, 2013 --(PR.com)-- ISOconsultant.us provides ready to use iso documentation kits and iso training presentation kit, now they present updated ISO 22000 documentation kit for online sell.

Food Safety Management System Documentation Kit Released by ISO Consultant USA

For CIOs and other healthcare IT leaders--but most especially for CMIOs--the issues around physician documentation in the patient record have long posed major challenges.

Balancing act can CMIOs and CIOs make physician documentation work for everyone?

The question posted to the DesignerCouncil email forum was simple and straightforward: "Why on earth can't these companies make a product out of the box that does engineering documentation well?

Automating the documentation process: dedicated tools help reduce the once-manual job by 20% of the typical design cycle time