Definition of documentation
1 : the act or an instance of furnishing or authenticating with documents
b(1) : the use of historical documents
(2) : conformity to historical or objective facts
(3) : the provision of footnotes, appendices, or addenda referring to or containing documentary evidence
4 : the usually printed instructions, comments, and information for using a particular piece or system of computer software or hardware
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The first known use of documentation was in 1884
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