May 15, 2003

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.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:50 AM

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