Definition of "documentation" []

• The act or an instance of the supplying of documents or supporting references or records. (noun)
• The documents or references so supplied. (noun)
• The collation, synopsizing, and coding of printed material for future reference. (noun)
• Computer Science The organized collection of records that describe the structure, purpose, operation, maintenance, and data requirements for a computer program, operating system, or hardware device. (noun)

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• "Last spring, I was part of what we called our "documentation committee," a committee formed to thoroughly examine the version of school's charter application that was current at that time."
• "This documentation is added to the snippet like this:"
• "It just launched today, so the documentation is a bit sketchy, but it looks very interesting so far."