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Subject:Re: The word "documentation" From:Gord Deyo <DeyoG -at- ITLS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 23 Jun 1998 16:46:26 -0400
> Websters' first (and most applicable) definition for "documentation"
> is
> this: "the act or an instance of furnishing or authenticating with
> documents."
>
> It's always annoyed me that this perfectly good noun has also been
> used
> to described manuals, guides, etc. "Documentation" is the *act* of
> writing manuals, according to Websters, not the manuals themselves.
>
>
I would respond to this thread, but I am too busy documentation.
