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Latest revision as of 20:49, 10 April 2008
COMP3040 > Role and Importance of Technical Communication
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Technical communication is all communication done with the purpose of getting something done. Technical communicators attempt give useful information on a specific topic to an intended audience. The communicator is successful if the information aids the audience to perform an action. These actions include make a decision, building a project or following a warning.
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...by studentsWhat is Technical Writing? In class we talked about types of writing. I found it interesting that we could actually have a discussion on what is technical writing and what isn't. I thought these definitions would be set in stone. That the term "technical writing" only applied to instruction manuals and help documentation. Formal DefinitionsThe definition of technical communication is not set in stone. It can be defined as:
Other definitions are possible, but these two generally outline the basic idea of technical communication. ReferencesJohnson-Sheehan, Richard. Technical Communication Today. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2006. |
