DOCUMENTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does documentation mean? 

• DOCUMENTATION (noun)
  The noun DOCUMENTATION has 3 senses:

1. confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

2. program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs

3. documentary validation

  Familiarity information: DOCUMENTATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOCUMENTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

certification; corroboration; documentation

Hypernyms ("documentation" is a kind of...):

confirmation (information that confirms or verifies)

Derivation:

document (support or supply with references)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

documentation; software documentation

Hypernyms ("documentation" is a kind of...):

computer software; package; software; software package; software program; software system ((computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory)

Derivation:

document (record in detail)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Documentary validation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

documentation; support

Context example:

the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones

Hypernyms ("documentation" is a kind of...):

proof; substantiation; validation (the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something)

Derivation:

document (support or supply with references)

 Context examples 

A packaged set of related pharmaceutical or and/or drug delivery devices used for a particular medical activity or procedure including required documentation for kit components and the entire kit.

(Drug Kit, NCI Thesaurus)

Furnished with or supported by documents and documentation.

(Documented, NCI Thesaurus)

A document subtype provides more specific context for the documentation.

(Document Subtype, NCI Thesaurus)

Insufficient, inadequate, or incorrect information provided on a device's label or documentation regarding e.g. as the intended use, directions for use, and characteristics of the device.

(Device Labeling Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

Pregnancy loss before 10th week of gestation with no documentation of whether or not an embryo was visible on ultrasonogram.

(Early Pregnancy Loss, NCI Thesaurus)

Including solid and rosetting, with scant to moderate cytoplasm, nuclear features of NE carcinoma or with immunophenotypic documentation

(Invasive Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A proprietary charge capture, documentation and electronic medical record system for radiation oncology.

(ONCOCHART Management Tool, NCI Thesaurus)

Information proven as true based on documentation, measurement, or facts; not subjective or speculative.

(Objective Evidence, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphology includes solid and rosetting, with scant to moderate cytoplasm, nuclear features of NE carcinoma or with immunophenotypic documentation

(Microinvasive Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

In the clinical study protocol, the label and other documentation the type of daily dose must be specified.

(Daily Dose, NCI Thesaurus)