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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>documentation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="doc.html" title="doc"/><link rel="next" href="dodgy.html" title="dodgy"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">documentation</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="doc.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dodgy.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="documentation"/><dt xmlns="" id="documentation"><b>documentation</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The multiple kilograms of macerated, pounded, steamed, bleached, and
pressed trees that accompany most modern software or hardware products (see
also <a href="../T/tree-killer.html"><i class="glossterm">tree-killer</i></a>). 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 &#8220;<span class="quote">You
can't <a href="../G/grep.html"><i class="glossterm">grep</i></a> dead trees</span>&#8221;. See
<a href="drool-proof-paper.html"><i class="glossterm">drool-proof paper</i></a>, <a href="../V/verbiage.html"><i class="glossterm">verbiage</i></a>,
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