document

1. (computing) A file that contains text.Examples: "That exception is the HTML <IMG> tag–which transcludes an image into the context of the document. The image itself is neither embedded within the document nor copied—it is transcluded."

2. (information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.Examples: "This study examines video game photography as a documentary practice. […] The three themes from this study's findings – that video game photographs act as (1) vehicles for storytelling, (2) creative trophies, and (3) aesthetic tokens – reveal how personally meaningful documents emerge from this medium."

3. (obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.Examples: "And particularly they should take care that the memory of the learner be not too much crowded with a tumultuous heap or overbearing multitude of documents or ideas at one time."obsolete

4. (obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.Examples: "They were forthwith stoned to death, as a document to others."obsolete