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Documentation vs Log - What's the difference?

documentation | log |

As nouns the difference between documentation and log

is that documentation is something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea while log is the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

As a verb log is

to cut trees into logs.

documentation

English

Noun

(-)
  • Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
  • (computing) Documents that explain the operation of a particular software program.
  • log

    Translingual

    (Logarithm)

    Symbol

    (head)
  • logarithm
  • if x=b^y then \log_{b}(x)=y

    Hyponyms

    * (logarithm) (with base e) ln, lb

    Usage notes

    If not specified, the assumed base of the logarithm is either 10 or e, depending on context.