documentation

noun
/ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/UK/ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/US/ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/CA/ˌdɔkjʊmenˈtæɪʃən/

Etymology

From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.

  1. borrowed from documentātio

Definitions

  1. Something transposed from a thought to a document

    Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.

  2. Documentary evidence and sources.

  3. Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.

    2. A documentary.

      • Yesterday I watched a documentation about the Dresden fire storm.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at documentation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01documentation02idea03archetype04concepts05concept06supported07helped08help

A definitional loop anchored at documentation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at documentation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA