Software documentation

copyleft license primarily for free software documentation

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DocBook is a semantic markup language for technical documentation. It was originally intended for writing technical documents related to computer hardware and software, but it can be used for any other sort of documentation.

help content, typically written text, that accompanies computer software and explains its functionality

functional and non-functional requirements that a designed software needs to fulfil, may include a set of use cases

specification that describes the characteristics of an object

IEEE standard

written design description of a software product

Microsoft technical documentation library

non-profit organization that creates free software manuals

Microsoft documentation and training library