E-Discovery Glossary

Commonly Used Terms for EDiscovery and Digital Information Management

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• 30(b)(6)

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• Ablate
• Ablative
• Acetate-base film
• ACL (Access Control List)
• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
• Active Data
• Active Records
• ADC
• Address
• ADF
• Adware
• Agent
• AIIM
• Algorithm
• Aliasing
• Alphanumeric
• Ambient Data
• Analog
• Annotation
• ANSI
• Aperture Card
• Application
• Application Metadata
• Application Service Provider (ASP)
• Architecture
• Archival Data

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• Backbone
• Backfiles
• Backup
• Backup Data
• Backup Tape
• Backup Tape Recycling
• Bandwidth
• Bar Code
• Batch File
• Batch Processing
• Bates Number
• Baud Rate
• Bayesian
• BBS (Bulletin Board System)
• BCS
• Beginning Document Number or BegDoc
• Bibliographical/Objective Coding
• Binary
• BIOS (Basic Input Output System)
• Bit
• Bitmap
• Bit Stream Back-up
• Bitonal
• BMP
• Bookmark
• Boolean Search
• Boot
• Boot Sector/Record
• BPI (Bits Per Inch)
• Bps
• Broadband
• Browser
• Burn
• Bus
• Business Process Outsourcing
• Byte (Binary Term)

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• Cache
• Caching
• CAD (Computer Aided Design)
• Case De-Duplication
• Catalog
• CCD (Charge Coupled Device)
• CCITT Group 4
• CCITT
• CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data)
• CD-R (Compact Disc Recordable)
• CD-RW (Compact Disc Re-Writable)
• CD-ROM
• Certificate
• CGA (Color Graphics Adapter)
• Chaff/winnowing
• Chain of Custody
• Character Treatment
• Checksum
• Child
• CIE (Commission International de l’Eclairage)
• CIFS (Common Internet File System)
• Cine-Mode
• Cinepak
• CITIS (Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service)
• Clawback Agreement
• Client/Server
• Client
• Clipboard
• Cluster (File)
• Cluster (System)
• Cluster bitmaps
• Clustering
• CMYK
• Coding
• COLD (Computer Output to Laser Disc)
• COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)
• Comb
• Comic Mode
• Comma Separated Value (CSV)
• Compact Disc (CD)
• Compliance Search
• Component Video
• Composite Video
• Compound Document
• Compression
• Compression Ratio
• Computer Forensics
• Computer
• Concatenate
• Concept Search
• Container File
• Content Comparison
• Contextual Search
• Continuous Tone
• Convergence:
• Cookie
• Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
• Corrupted File
• COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf )
• CPI
• CPU (Central Processing Unit)
• CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking)
• CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
• Cross-Custodian De-Duplication
• CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)
• Cryptography
• Cull (verb)
• Custodian
• Custodian De-Duplication
• Customer-Added metadata
• Cyan
• Cylinder

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• DAC (Digital to Analog Converter)
• DAD (Digital Audio Disc)
• DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
• Data
• Data Categorization
• Data Collection
• Data Controller (as used with regard to the EU Data Protection Act)
• Data Element
• Data Encryption Standard (DES)
• Data Extraction
• Data Field
• Data Filtering
• Data Formats
• Data Harvesting
• Data Mining
• Data Processor (as used with regard to the EU Data Protection Act)
• Data Set
• Data Subject (as used with regard to the EU Data Protection Act)
• Data Verification
• Database Management System (DBMS)
• Database
• Date/Time Normalization
• Daubert (challenge)
• DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange)
• DEB (Digital Evidence Bag)
• Decompression
• Decryption
• De-Duplication
• De-Fragment (“de-frag”)
• Deleted Data
• Deleted File
• Deletion
• De-NIST
• Descenders
• De-shading
• De-skewing
• Desktop
• De-speckling
• DIA/DCA (Document Interchange Architecture)
• Digital
• Digital Certificate
• Digital Fingerprint
• Digital Signature
• Digitize
• Directory
• Dirty Text:
• Disaster Recovery Tapes
• Disc mirroring
• Disc Partition
• Disc/Disk
• Discovery
• Discwipe
• Disposition
• Distributed Data
• Dithering
• DLT (Digital Linear Tape)
• Document (or Document Family)
• Document Date
• Document Imaging Programs
• Document Metadata
• Document Type or Doc Type
• DoD 5015
• Domain
• Domino Database
• DOS
• Dot Pitch
• Double Byte Language
• Download
• DPI (Dots Per Inch)
• Draft Record
• Drag-and-Drop
• DRAM
• Drive Geometry
• Driver
• Drop-Down Menu
• DSP (Digital Signal Processor/Processing)
• DTP (Desktop Publishing)
• Duplex Scanners vs. Double-Sided Scanning
• Duplex
• DVD (Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc)

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• ECM
• EDB
• EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
• EDMS (Electronic Document Management System)
• EGA (Extended Graphics Adapter)
• EIA
• EIM
• EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture)
• Electronic Discovery (“E-Discovery”)
• Electronic Document Management
• Electronic File Processing
• Electronic Image
• Electronic Record
• Electrostatic Printing
• Em
• Email (Electronic Mail)
• Email address
• Email Message
• Email Metadata
• Email String
• Email Store
• Embedded Metadata
• Embedded Object
• EML
• En
• Encoding
• Encryption
• Encryption Key
• End Document Number or End Doc#
• Endorser
• Enhanced Titles
• Enterprise Architecture
• EOF (End of File)
• EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port)
• EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
• Erasable Optical Drive
• ESDI (Enhanced Small Device Interface)
• ESI
• Ethernet
• Evidentiary Image or Copy: See Forensic Copy.
• Exabyte
• Exchange Server
• Expanded Data: See Decompression.
• Export
• Extended Partitions
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• Extranet

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• False Negative
• False Positive
• Fast Mode Parallel Port: See Port.
• FAT (File Allocation Table)
• FAX
• Fiber Optics
• Field (or Data Field)
• Field Separator
• File
• File Compression: See Compression.
• File Extension
• File Format
• File Header: See Header.
• File Level Binary Comparison
• File Plan
• File Server
• File Sharing
• File Signature: See Digital Signature.
• File Slack
• File System
• File System Metadata
• File Table: See MFT
• File Transfer
• Filename
• FIPS
• Firewall
• Filter (verb): See Data Filtering.
• Flash Drive: See Key Drive.
• Flash Memory
• Flat File
• Flatbed Scanner
• Floppy Disc
• Folder: See Directory.
• Forensic Copy:
• Forensics
• Form of Production
• Format (noun)
• Format (verb)
• Forms Processing
• Fragmented
• FTP (File Transfer Protocol
• Full Duplex
• Full Path
• Full-Text Indexing
• Full-Text Search
• Fuzzy Search

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• GAL
• Ghost
• GIF(Graphics Interchange Format)
• Gigabyte (GB)
• GMT Timestamp
• GPS Generated Timestamp
• Gray Scale
• Groupware:
• GUI (Graphical User Interface)

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• Hacker
• Half Duplex
• Halftone: See Dithering.
• Handshake
• Hard Drive
• Harvesting
• Hash
• Hash Coding
• Hash Function
• HD (High Density)
• Head
• Header
• Hexadecimal
• Hidden Files or Data
• Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM)
• Hold: See Legal Hold.
• Holorith
• Horizontal De-duplication
• Host
• HP-PCL & HPGL
• HRS
• HTCIA (High Technology Crime Investigation Association)
• HTML
• HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
• Hub
• Hyperlink
• HyperText

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• Icon
• ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition)
• IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
• ILM
• Image
• Image Copy, Imaged Copy: See Forensic Copy.
• Image Enabling
• Image File Format: See File Format and Format.
• Image Key
• Image Processing Card (IPC)
• Image Processing
• Import
• Inactive Record
• Index/Coding Fields
• Index
• Indexing
• Information
• Input device
• Instant Messaging (“IM”)
• Interlaced
• Interleave
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Internet
• Internet Publishing Software
• Inter-Partition Space
• Intranet
• IP address (Internet Protocol address)
• IPX/SPX
• IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
• IS/IT Information Systems or Information Technology
• ISA
• ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
• ISIS and TWAIN Scanner Drivers
• ISO (International Organization for Standards)
• ISO 9660 CD Format:
• ISO 15489-1
• ISP (Internet Service Provider)
• IT (Information Technology) Infrastructure

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• Janitor Program
• Java
• Jaz (or Jazz) Drive
• JMS:
• Journal
• Journaling
• JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
• Jukebox
• Jump Drive: See Key Drive.

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• Kerning
• Key Drive
• Key Field
• Keyword
• Kilobyte (KB)
• Kofax Board

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• LAN (Local Area Network)
• Landscape Mode
• Laser Disc
• Laser Printing
• Latency
• Latent Data
• Latent Semantic Indexing and Analysis
• LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
• Leading:
• Legacy Data, Legacy System
• Legal Hold
• Level Coding
• LFP
• Lifecycle:
• Line Screen
• Link: See Hyperlink.
• Load file
• Local Area Network (LAN): See Network.
• Locale
• Logical File Space
• Logical Unitization
• Logical Volume
• Lossless Compression
• Lossy Compression
• Lotus Domino
• Lotus Notes: See Lotus Domino.
• Lpi (lines per inch)
• Lumen
• LTO (Linear Tape-Open)
• LZW (Lempel-Ziv & Welch)

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• Magenta:
• Magnetic/Optical Storage Media
• Magneto-Optical Drive
• Mailbox
• Make-Available Production
• Malware
• MAPI (Mail Application Program Interface)
• MAPI Mail Near-Line
• Marginalia
• Master Boot Sector/Record
• Mastering
• MBOX
• MCA (Micro Channel Architecture)
• MDE (Magnetic Disc Emulation)
• MD5
• Media
• Megabyte (M or MB)
• Memory
• Menu
• Message Header
• Message Unit
• Metadata
• Metadata Comparison
• MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition)
• Microfiche
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Outlook Express
• Migrated Data
• Migration
• Mirror Image
• Mirroring:
• MIS
• MODEM
• Monochrome
• Mosaic
• Mount, Mounting
• MPEG-1, -2, -3, and -4
• MS-DOS
• MSG
• MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure)
• MTTR (Mean Time To Repair)
• Multimedia
• Multisynch

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• Native Format
• Native Format Review
• Natural Language Search
• Near De-duplication
• Near-Line Data
• Near-Line Data Storage
• Network
• Network Gear
• Neural Network
• NIST—National Institute of Standards and Technology
• NIST List
• Non-Apparent Data
• Non-Interlace
• NOS (Network Operating System)
• Normalization:
• Notes Server: See Lotus Domino.
• NSF
• NTFS (New Technology File System)

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• Object
• OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
• Official Record Owner: See Record Owner
• Off-Line Data
• Off-Line Storage
• OLE (Object Linking and Embedding)
• On-Line Review
• On-Line Storage:
• Online/On-Line
• Ontology
• Operating System (OS)
• Optical Discs
• Optical Jukebox: See "Jukebox".
• OST
• Outlook: See Microsoft Outlook.
• Over-inclusive
• Overwrite

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• PAB (Personal Address Book)
• PackBits
• Packet:
• Page
• Page File/Paging File
• Parallel Port: See Port.
• Parent: See Document.
• Parsing
• Partition
• Partition Table
• PartitionWaste Space
• Password
• Path:
• Pattern Matching
• Pattern Recognition
• PCI
• PCMCIA
• PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
• PDF (Portable Document Format)
• Peripheral
• Personal Computer (PC)
• Petabyte (PB)
• Phase Change
• Physical Disc
• Physical File Space
• Physical Unitization: See Unitization—Physical and Logical.
• PICA
• Picture Elemen
• Ping
• Pitch
• PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Digital Signature
• Plaintext
• Plasma
• Platter
• PMS (Pantone Matching System)
• POD (Print On Demand
• Pointer
• Port
• Portable Volumes
• Portrait Mode
• Preservation
• Preservation Notice, Preservation Order: See Legal Hold.
• Printout
• Private Network
• Privilege Data Set:
• Process/processing (as used with regard to the EU Data Protection Act
• Processing Data
• Production
• Production Data Set
• Production De-Duplication
• Production Number
• Program
• Properties
• Protocol:
• Protodigital
• Proximity Search
• PST
• Public Key
• Public Network

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• QBIC (Query By Image Content)
• Quality Control (QC
• Quarter Inch Cartridge (QIC)
• Query
• Queue
• Quick Peek

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• RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Discs)
• RAM (Random Access Memory)
• Raster/Rasterized (Raster or Bitmap Drawing)
• Record
• Record Custodian
• Record Lifecycle
• Record Owner
• Record Series
• Record Submitter
• Records Archive
• Records Hol
• Records Management
• Records Manager
• Records Retention Period, Retention Period
• Records Retention Schedule
• Records Store
• Recover, Recovery: See Restore.
• Redaction
• Refresh Rate
• Region (of an image
• Registration
• Relative Path
• Remote Access
• Render Images
• Report
• Repository for Electronic RecordsResidual Data
• Resolution
• Restore
• Retention Schedule
• Reverse Engineering
• Review
• Rewriteable Technology
• RFC822
• RGB (Red, Green and Blue)
• Rip
• RIM
• RLE (Run Length Encoded)
• ROM (Read Only Memory)
• Root Directory
• Rotary Camera
• Router
• RTF (Rich Text Format)

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• SaaS (Software as a Service)
• Sampling
• Sampling Rate
• SAN (Storage Area Network)
• SAS-70
• SAS-70 Assessment
• Scalability
• Scale-to-Gray
• Scanner
• Scanning Software
• Schema
• Scroll Bar
• SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)
• SDLT (Super DLT)
• Search
• Search Engine
• Sector
• Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)
• Serial Port: See Port.
• Serif
• Server
• Service-Level Agreement
• Session
• SGML/HyTime: A multimedia extension to SGML, sponsored by DoD.
• SHA-1:
• Signature: See Certificate.
• SIMM (Single, In-Line Memory Module)
• Simplex
• Single Instance Storage
• Skewed
• Slack/Slack Space
• Smart Card
• SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
• Snapshot: See Bit Stream Backup.
• Software application: See Application and Software.
• Software
• Speckle
• Splatter
• Spoliation
• SPP (Standard Parallel Port): See Port.
• Spyware
• SQL (Structured Query Language)
• Stand-Alone Computer
• Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
• Status Bar
• Steganography
• Storage Device
• Storage Media: See Magnetic or Optical Storage Media.
• Streaming Indexing
• Structured Data
• Subjective Coding
• Subtractive Colors
• Suspension Notice, Suspension Order: See Legal Hold.
• SVGA (Super Video Graphics Adapter)
• Swap File
• System
• System Administrator (“sysadmin,” or “sysop”)
• System Files
• System Metadata: See File System Metadata.

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• T1
• T3
• Tape Drive
• Taxonomy
• TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
• Telnet (Telecommunications Network)
• Telephony
• Templates, Document
• Temporary (“Temp”) File
• Terabyte
• Text Mining
• TGA
• Thin Client
• Thread
• Thumb Drive: See Key Drive.
• Thumbnail
• TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
• TIFF Group III (compression)
• TIFF Group IV (compression)
• Time Zone Normalization: See Nomalization.
• Toggle
• Tone Arm
• ToolKit Without An Interesting Name (TWAIN)
• Toolbar
• Topology
• Track
• TREC (Text Retrieval Conference)
• Trojan
• True Resolution
• Twiki
• Typeface

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• UDP
• Ultrafiche
• UMS
• Unicode
• Unallocated Space
• Under-inclusive
• Unitization—Physical and Logical
• UNIX
• Unstructured Data
• Upgrade
• URI (Uniform Resource Indicators)
• URL (Uniform Resource Locators)
• User-Added Metadata
• UTC

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• Validate
• VAR/VAD/VASD
• VDT (Video Display Terminal)
• Vector
• Vendor-Added Metadata
• Verbatim Coding
• Version, Record Version
• Vertical De-Duplication
• VGA (Video Graphics Adapter)
• Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA)
• Video Scanner Interface
• Virus
• Vital Record
• VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
• Volume
• Volume Boot Sector/Record
• VPN (Virtual Private Network)

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• WAV
• Web Site
• Wiki
• Wildcard Operator
• Workflow
• Workflow, Ad Hoc
• Workflow, Rule-Based
• Workgroup
• Worm
• WORM Discs
• WWW (WorldWideWeb)
• WYSIWYG

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• X.25
• XML

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• Yottabyte

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• Zettabyte
• Zip Drive
• ZIP
• Zone OCR