documentation

Noun	1.	documentation - confirmation that some fact or statement is true Synonyms: corroboration, certification
	2.	documentation - program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs Synonyms: software documentation
	3.	documentation - documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this this view is the work of Jones" Synonyms: support

(programming)

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.

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