documentation
Sign in to saveDocumentation is any communicable material that is used to describe, explain, or instruct regarding some attributes of an object, system, or procedure, such as its parts, assembly, installation, maintenance, and use. As a form of knowledge management and knowledge organization, documentation can be provided on paper, online, or on digital or analog media, such as audio tape or CDs. Examples of such resources include user guides, white papers, online help, and quick-reference guides. Paper or hard-copy documentation has become less common. Contemporary documentation is often distributed through
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11 sectionsContents
- Principles for producing documentation
- Producing documentation
- Documentation in computer science
- Types
- Software Documentation Folder (SDF) tool
- Software tools for network inventory and configuration
- Documentation in criminal justice
- Documentation in early childhood education
- See also
- References
- External links
Documentation is any communicable material that is used to describe, explain, or instruct regarding some attributes of an object, system, or procedure, such as its parts, assembly, installation, maintenance, and use. As a form of knowledge management and knowledge organization, documentation can be provided on paper, online, or on digital or analog media, such as audio tape or CDs. Examples of such resources include user guides, white papers, online help, and quick-reference guides. Paper or hard-copy documentation has become less common. Contemporary documentation is often distributed through websites, software products, and other online applications.
Documentation, understood as a set of instructional materials, should not be confused with documentation science, which is the study of the recording and retrieval of information.