What is Document?
A '''document'''<ref>'''Definition:''' a bounded physical representation of body of [[information]] designed with the capacity (and usually intent) to [[communicate]]</ref> (''noun'') is a piece of [[information]] that is used to [[Communication|communicate]] something. In the past it was usually a piece of [[paper]] that contained information written in [[ink]], but documents are now often [[digital]]. To '''document''' (''verb'') means to produce an [[:wikt:object|object]] by collecting and [[:wikt:represent|representing]] information, and has a slightly different pronunciation. == Different sorts of documents == * ''Prototypical Documents:'' [[Letter]]s, memos, legal [[Form|forms]], [[Instruction manual]] * ''Documents of Record:'' [[Newspapers]] and [[magazines]] * ''Books:'' [[Textbook|Text book]], [[Novels]], [[Recipe]] books, [[Encyclopedia]], Comic books * ''Canonical Documents:'' The [[Bible]],[[Iliad]] and [[Odyssey]],[[Vedas]], [[Ramayana]], [[Mahabharata]], [[Quran]], [[Code of Hammurabi]],[[Tao Te Ching]] * ''Transactional Documents:'' [[Cheque]], [[Contracts]], [[Prescription]], [[Receipt]], [[Form (document)]], [[Postage stamp|Postage Stamp]] * ''Functional Documents:'' [[PDF]] files, [[Postscript|PostScript]] files, [[XML]] files, [[Email]] * ''Non-Prototypical Documents:'' [[Post-it Note|Post-it notes]], [[Fortune cookie]] strips, [[Maps]], [[Paintings]], milk cartons, cereal boxes * ''Non-Classical Digital Documents:'' [[Webpage|Web Page]], [[Weblog]], [[Wiki]] * ''Boundary Examples:'' The plaque on the [[Pioneer 11]] spacecraft, designed by astronomer [[Carl Sagan]], and using information assumed to be universal is an extreme example of a document that is intended to communicate with [[Alien|aliens]]. On the other hand, the recorded and printed signals of the [[Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence|SETI project]] would constitute documents if they were discovered to contain alien communication. == Everyday use == When one views a document, they can see the [[connotation]]s and [[denotat