documentation

English Online Dictionary. What means documentation‎? What does documentation mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɑkjəmənˈteɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɒkjʊmənˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology 1

From document +‎ -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.

Noun

documentation (countable and uncountable, plural documentations) (very rare in the plural)

1. Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
2. Documentary evidence and sources.
3. (computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
4. (programming) Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.

Derived terms

Related terms

• document

Translations

Etymology 2

From German Dokumentation.

Noun

documentation (plural documentations)

1. (non-native speakers' English) A documentary.

References

Further reading

• “documentation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/

Noun

documentation f (plural documentations)

1. documentation (written account)

Related terms

• document
• documenter

See also

• enregistrement

Further reading

• “documentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.