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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  documentation n. 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}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
       

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