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Definitions for documentation:

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
documentation n 1: confirmation that some fact or statement is true [syn: certification, corroboration] 2: program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs [syn: {software documentation}] 3: documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this this view is the work of Jones" [syn: support]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "documentation": account, affirmation, annals, attestation, authentication, backing, backing up, basis for belief, bearing out, body of evidence, bolstering, buttressing, catalog, certification, chain of evidence, chronicle, circumstantiation, clue, confirmation, correspondence, corroboration, corroboratory evidence, data, datum, evidence, exhibit, fact, facts, fortification, grounds, grounds for belief, history, indication, inventory, item of evidence, letters, list, manifestation, mark, material grounds, memorial, muniments, mute witness, piece of evidence, pipe roll, premises, proof, proving, proving out, ratification, reason to believe, record, recording, register, registry, reinforcement, relevant fact, relic, remains, roll, rolls, roster, rota, scroll, sign, strengthening, substantiation, support, supporting evidence, symptom, table, token, trace, undergirding, validation, verification, vestige

Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :
documentation n. The multiple kilograms of macerated, pounded, steamed, bleached, and pressed trees that accompany most modern software or hardware products (see also {tree-killer}). Hackers seldom read paper documentation and (too) often resist writing it; they prefer theirs to be terse and on-line. A common comment on this predilection is "You can't grep dead trees". See {drool-proof paper}, verbiage, treeware.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
documentation The multiple kilograms of macerated, pounded, steamed, bleached, and pressed trees that accompany most modern software or hardware products (see also {tree-killer}). Hackers seldom read paper documentation and (too) often resist writing it; they prefer theirs to be terse and on-line. A common comment on this predilection is "You can't grep dead trees". See {drool-proof paper}, verbiage, treeware. [Jargon File]

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documentation: Definition from Answers.com
documentation n. The act or an instance of the supplying of documents or supporting references or records

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