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[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): , /ˌdɑkjəmənˈteɪʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): , /ˌdɒkjʊmənˈteɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: , -eɪʃən
Etymology 1
[edit]From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.[1]
Noun
[edit]documentation (countable and uncountable, plural documentations) (very rare in the plural)
- Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
- Documentary evidence and sources.
- (computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
- (programming) Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.
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[edit]something transposed from a thought to a document
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documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
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Etymology 2
[edit]From German Dokumentation.
Noun
[edit]documentation (plural documentations)
- (non-native speakers' English) A documentary.
- 1997 August 10, mclane, “Chess Analysis Software”, in rec.games.chess.computer[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-01:
- 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.
- 2010 September 16, Volker Bartheld, “This is Germany calling...”, in rec.motorcycles.dirt[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-01:
- 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...
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “documentation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
[edit]- “documentation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
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[edit]Noun
[edit]documentation f (plural documentations)
- documentation (written account)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “documentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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