Documentation
noun
The documents, records, or papers needed for something.
To process your visa, we need proper documentation including your passport, work permit, and bank statements.
Often appears as...
- proper documentation
- require documentation
noun
The process of recording data or evidence.
Routine documentation of the project's progress helps keep track of tasks and deadlines.
Often appears as...
- routine documentation
- documentation process
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Formal
noun
Written information or instructions that come with a product or software.
The software documentation provides a detailed guide on installation and troubleshooting steps.
Often appears as...
- software documentation
- product documentation
noun
Providing written evidence or proof.
The lawyer asked for documentation to support his client's innocence.
Often appears as...
- legal documentation
- documentation support
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The documents, records, or papers needed for something.
To process your visa, we need proper documentation including your passport, work permit, and bank statements.
Often appears as...
- proper documentation
- require documentation
noun
The process of recording data or evidence.
Routine documentation of the project's progress helps keep track of tasks and deadlines.
Often appears as...
- routine documentation
- documentation process
Usage tips
Formal
noun
Written information or instructions that come with a product or software.
The software documentation provides a detailed guide on installation and troubleshooting steps.
Often appears as...
- software documentation
- product documentation
noun
Providing written evidence or proof.
The lawyer asked for documentation to support his client's innocence.
Often appears as...
- legal documentation
- documentation support
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Procedural Use
'Documentation' often means you need specific papers to complete a process or procedure.
Without proper documentation, your application may be rejected.
Pro Tip 2/2Evidence of Identity
'Documentation' in some contexts refers to items that prove who you are, like ID cards.
I brought my documentation to the interview, including my driver's license and social security card.
Pro Tip 1/2Procedural Use
'Documentation' often means you need specific papers to complete a process or procedure.
Without proper documentation, your application may be rejected.
Pro Tip 2/2Evidence of Identity
'Documentation' in some contexts refers to items that prove who you are, like ID cards.
I brought my documentation to the interview, including my driver's license and social security card.
Pro Tip 1/2Procedural Use
'Documentation' often means you need specific papers to complete a process or procedure.
Without proper documentation, your application may be rejected.
Pro Tip 2/2Evidence of Identity
'Documentation' in some contexts refers to items that prove who you are, like ID cards.
I brought my documentation to the interview, including my driver's license and social security card.
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How can social media...
was a documentary on the life cycle of penguins because you know be alert despite despite this near total control of the media environment news of and documentation of the Ghazi Park uprising spread it spread locally it spread nationally spread internationally in
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Why is this painting so...
The painting is a powerful work of historical documentation and political protest. But while Picasso’s artistic motivations are clear, the symbolism of the painting can be as confusing and chaotic as war itself. How can we make sense of this overwhelming image,
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Tim Berners-Lee: The...
in this huge, very exciting lab, lots of people coming from all over the world. They brought all sorts of different computers with them. They had all sorts of different data formats, all sorts, all kinds of documentation systems. So that, in all that diversity,
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Beyond Race PIPE National...
african-americans when it comes to tracing back much farther than that he hit some roadblocks my grandmother said that a lot of my ancestors came from Ghana other than that I really don't know much when everyone came over as slaves there's no documentation and
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Mammoths resurrected and...
I want you talk about this philosophy. Well, one of the things I'm learning is that documentation is better than memory -- by far. And one of the things I've learned from somebody -- I actually got on Twitter. It changed my life -- it hasn't forgiven me yet!
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Jamais Cascio: Tools for...
especially environmental crimes and significant sources of greenhouse gases and emissions. That's understandable and important. We need better documentation of what's happening to the planet if we're ever going to have a chance of repairing the damage.
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Meet the inventor of the...
I did more work figuring out exactly how the program was supposed to behave. I wrote a reference card to act as documentation. It also helped me ensure that the user interface I was defining could be explained concisely and clearly to regular people.
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Ben Kacyra: Ancient...
They were gone in an instant. And unfortunately, there was no detailed documentation of these Buddhas. This clearly devastated me, and I couldn't help but wonder about the fate of my old friends, the winged bulls, and the fate of the many, many
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Sandesh Kadur: The Art...
what happened was that my world was transformed i had suddenly found a tool a little magic box where i could go out there photograph things around me and take them home and that was how photography started it started as a documentation tool
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One of the Oldest in...
and gas development in the southern part of their range the team's extensive documentation of the pronghorn corridor may help officials target where they need to act there are ways to protect wildlife corridors that are still
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How can social media...
was a documentary on the life cycle of penguins because you know be alert despite despite this near total control of the media environment news of and documentation of the Ghazi Park uprising spread it spread locally it spread nationally spread internationally in
Video examples
Why is this painting so...
The painting is a powerful work of historical documentation and political protest. But while Picasso’s artistic motivations are clear, the symbolism of the painting can be as confusing and chaotic as war itself. How can we make sense of this overwhelming image,
Video examples
Tim Berners-Lee: The...
in this huge, very exciting lab, lots of people coming from all over the world. They brought all sorts of different computers with them. They had all sorts of different data formats, all sorts, all kinds of documentation systems. So that, in all that diversity,
Video examples
Beyond Race PIPE National...
african-americans when it comes to tracing back much farther than that he hit some roadblocks my grandmother said that a lot of my ancestors came from Ghana other than that I really don't know much when everyone came over as slaves there's no documentation and
Video examples
Mammoths resurrected and...
I want you talk about this philosophy. Well, one of the things I'm learning is that documentation is better than memory -- by far. And one of the things I've learned from somebody -- I actually got on Twitter. It changed my life -- it hasn't forgiven me yet!
Video examples
Jamais Cascio: Tools for...
especially environmental crimes and significant sources of greenhouse gases and emissions. That's understandable and important. We need better documentation of what's happening to the planet if we're ever going to have a chance of repairing the damage.
Video examples
Meet the inventor of the...
I did more work figuring out exactly how the program was supposed to behave. I wrote a reference card to act as documentation. It also helped me ensure that the user interface I was defining could be explained concisely and clearly to regular people.
Video examples
Ben Kacyra: Ancient...
They were gone in an instant. And unfortunately, there was no detailed documentation of these Buddhas. This clearly devastated me, and I couldn't help but wonder about the fate of my old friends, the winged bulls, and the fate of the many, many
Video examples
Sandesh Kadur: The Art...
what happened was that my world was transformed i had suddenly found a tool a little magic box where i could go out there photograph things around me and take them home and that was how photography started it started as a documentation tool
Video examples
One of the Oldest in...
and gas development in the southern part of their range the team's extensive documentation of the pronghorn corridor may help officials target where they need to act there are ways to protect wildlife corridors that are still
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Lucy Dacus
American Musician
I take photos, I used to make films, I journal incessantly, and I really value the documentation of life. Because it's almost like you are making something special by wanting to make it exist in an object - on paper or even just in the computer - making these recordings, making this music.
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Alberto Gonzales
American Public Servant
There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there is certain documentation that do deserve protection, that certain privileges do apply and do deserve protection.
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Shelley Berkley
American Politician
I cannot understand for the life of me why DOE is going forward with this licensing procedure when we do not know whether or not the scientific documentation upon which you are basing your decisions is, in fact, flawed.
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V. S. Naipaul
Trinidadian Novelist
All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.
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Mark Udall
American Politician
It is deeply shocking and incomprehensible to me that despite volumes of documentation and living witnesses who can attest to the horrors of the Holocaust, there are still those who would deny it.
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Pitbull
American Musician
I don't agree when the USA, that lives by a constitution, says, OK, just because you look this way, we're going to ask you for your documentation, or you gotta go back to your country.
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Alan Cheuse
American Writer
We want a world with both historians and novelists, don't we? Not with one or the other. Every fiction writer crosses the line that divides artistry and documentation - or erases it.
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Eric Garcetti
Algerian Politician
I'm the grandson of immigrants who came across rivers and oceans to get here, some without documentation.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
I think it's important to have some documentation of the past.
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Wietse Venema
Dutch Scientist
Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance.
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Lucy Dacus
American Musician
I take photos, I used to make films, I journal incessantly, and I really value the documentation of life. Because it's almost like you are making something special by wanting to make it exist in an object - on paper or even just in the computer - making these recordings, making this music.
Quote examples
Alberto Gonzales
American Public Servant
There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there is certain documentation that do deserve protection, that certain privileges do apply and do deserve protection.
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Shelley Berkley
American Politician
I cannot understand for the life of me why DOE is going forward with this licensing procedure when we do not know whether or not the scientific documentation upon which you are basing your decisions is, in fact, flawed.
Quote examples
V. S. Naipaul
Trinidadian Novelist
All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.
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Mark Udall
American Politician
It is deeply shocking and incomprehensible to me that despite volumes of documentation and living witnesses who can attest to the horrors of the Holocaust, there are still those who would deny it.
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Pitbull
American Musician
I don't agree when the USA, that lives by a constitution, says, OK, just because you look this way, we're going to ask you for your documentation, or you gotta go back to your country.
Quote examples
Alan Cheuse
American Writer
We want a world with both historians and novelists, don't we? Not with one or the other. Every fiction writer crosses the line that divides artistry and documentation - or erases it.
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Eric Garcetti
Algerian Politician
I'm the grandson of immigrants who came across rivers and oceans to get here, some without documentation.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
I think it's important to have some documentation of the past.
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Wietse Venema
Dutch Scientist
Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance.
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