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}]

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}.

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