Documentation


DOCUMENTATION

Noun

  • S: (n) documentation, certification, corroboration (confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence)
  • S: (n) software documentation, documentation (program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs)
  • S: (n) documentation, support (documentary validation) "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones"

Verb

  • S: (v) document (record in detail) "The parents documented every step of their child's development"
  • S: (v) document (support or supply with references) "Can you document your claims?"

User documentation

(official definitions of terms that may be used in assessment tasks to perform a document)

Analysis (1) Examination of how an information system works by gathering data about the system, identifying data inputs, documenting the flow of data through the system and the data stores and output. The results of the analysis are documented in a logical design for the new or modified system.
(2) Examination of how information is currently produced in order to determine the nature of the information problem, what data is to be processed to produce the required output, and to list any constraints. example, Sunburst Hyperstudio, Ulead DVD MovieFactory.

Characteristics The identifying elements of a piece of hardware or software; for example, Microsoft Word can process words, format documents for online use, produce diagrams. Design (1) Identification of the components (people, procedures, data, equipment) required for a new information system, conversion of the logical design of the information system into a physical design, and preparation of evaluation criteria for the system.

Link: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=documentation.

http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/vceit/glossary.htm

Dated:21/12/09

Copyright@2009 Cristina de Pablo

 

 

 




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