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.