Documents

alt=|thumb|upright=1.35|The Gutenberg Bible, published in the mid-15th century, one of the first books to be printed using the [[printing press]]

upright=1.5|thumb|From top to bottom, left to right: cylinder seal of a scene, block used for [[woodblock printing, movable type, printing press, lithograph press, offset press used for modern lithographic printing, linotype machine for hot metal typesetting, digital printer, 3D printer in action.]]

thumb|upright=1.3|Shelved record boxes of an archive

A document is a written, drawn, presented, or memorialized representation of thought, often the manifestation of non-fictional, as well as fictional, content. The etymology of the word "document" derives from the Latin ', which denotes a "teaching" or "lesson": the verb ' denotes "to teach". Historically, the term "document" was usually used to indicate written proof useful as evidence of a truth or fact.

thumb|200px| Sheepskin diploma from Mexico City College, 1948 (in Latin)|alt=Sheepskin diploma from Mexico City College, 1948 (in Latin) A diploma is a document awarded by an educational institution (such as a college or university) testifying the recipient has graduated by successfully completing their courses of studies. Historically, it has also referred to a charter or official document of diplomacy.

required norm or standard established to make it easier to do something in a consistent way

a formal accusation made by a governmental authority (usually a public prosecutor or the police)

standardized data sheet describing a substance or product's hazards and safe handling procedures

A telegram is a written or printed message, originally sent through telegraphy. The use of the telegrams was popular for social and business correspondence in the latter half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. Even in the telephone age, the telegram remained popular, and spawned its own style of writing that in turn persisted in other media. Telegram services still exist today, though the popularity has largely waned, replaced by other forms of text communication. alt=Western Union telegram sent to President Dwight Eisenhower wishing him a speedy recovery from his heart attack

Scholia (: scholium or scholion, from , "comment", "interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments – original or copied from prior commentaries – which are inserted in the margin of the manuscript of ancient authors, as glosses. One who writes scholia is a scholiast. The earliest attested use of the word dates to the 1st century BC.

thumb |A Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar firman in Shekaste Nastaliq script, January 1831

concept and study of forms

brief marginal notation of the meaning of a word or wording in a text

German research institute and book series

Doxography ( – "an opinion", "a point of view" +  – "to write", "to describe") is a term used especially for the works of classical historians, describing the points of view of past philosophers and scientists. The term was coined by the German classical scholar Hermann Alexander Diels.

thumb|An Atikamekw woman receives a certificate for completing a Wikipedia editing workshop (2017)

collection of clay tablets from the ancient city of Ebla in Syria

document handwritten by its author

thumb|A historical example of ephemera Ephemera () are items which were not originally designed to be retained or preserved, but have been collected or retained. The word is both plural and singular.

tentative government report of a proposal

An addendum or appendix, in general, is an addition required to be made to a document by its author subsequent to its printing or publication. It comes from the gerundive , plural , "that which is to be added", from (, compare with memorandum, agenda, corrigenda).

collection of works set to be published in 2114

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thumb|upright=1.1|Front page of a floppy disk controller data sheet (1979)

Eastern Orthodox decree of the head of a particular church on certain matters

Microprinting is the production of recognizable patterns or characters in a printed medium at a scale that typically requires magnification to read with the naked eye. To the unaided eye, the text may appear as a solid line. Attempts to reproduce by methods of photocopy, image scanning, or pantograph typically translate as a dotted or solid line, unless the reproduction method can identify and recreate patterns to such scale. Microprint is predominantly used as an anti-counterfeiting technique, due to its inability to be easily reproduced by widespread digital methods.

instructional book or booklet that is supplied with almost all technologically advanced consumer products

list arranged to show hierarchical relationships

thumb|upright=1.4|A page of Robert Henry Gibbs|Robert H. Gibbs Jr.'s field notebook Fieldnotes refer to qualitative notes recorded by scientists or researchers in the course of field research, during or after their observation of a specific organism or phenomenon they are studying. The notes are intended to be read as evidence that gives meaning and aids in the understanding of the phenomenon. Fieldnotes allow researchers to access the subject and record what they observe in an unobtrusive manner.

description of a technical product and its handling, functionality and architecture

Printing of documents protected against counterfeiting

written statement from a physician or other medically qualified health care provider which attests to the result of a medical examination

library

page that is devoid of content and may be unexpected

collection of signatures arranged in a circle to conceal ringleaders

Memory of the World inscription, submitted by the United Nations Office at Geneva, added in 2009

In education of some countries, absolutorium (from , acquittal, release, absolutory) is a certificate (document or record) confirming the completion of all classes required for a certain program of study. It does not necessarily indicate the completion of the particular study; the latter may involve a final exam or thesis defense. The exact definitions vary for different countries.

document specifiying the nature of the Polish–Lithuanian union

e-text (from "electronic text"; sometimes written as etext) is a general term for any document that is read in digital form, and especially a document that is mainly text. For example, a computer-based book of art with minimal text, or a set of photographs or scans of pages, would not usually be called an "e-text". An e-text may be a binary or a plain text file, viewed with any open source or proprietary software. An e-text may have markup or other formatting information, or not. An e-text may be an electronic edition of a work originally composed or published in other media, or may be created

list of passengers or cargo on board any type of transportation

use of outside sources to support the argument of an academic work

short literary work that is written to convince somebody of an idea or belief, usually religious or political

type of on-demand printing in which text and graphics may be altered in-process

personnel file

medieval document to commemorate prominent persons

form of guidance documentation

document with restrictive clauses

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multi-generational chronicle, kept by many Polish and Lithuanian noble families from the 16th through 18th centuries

a collection of texts from Portuguese history

National identity card of Latvia