E-Discovery Glossary
Commonly Used Terms for EDiscovery and Digital Information Management
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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
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- GAL
- Ghost
- GIF(Graphics Interchange Format)
- Gigabyte (GB)
- GMT Timestamp
- GPS Generated Timestamp
- Gray Scale
- Groupware:
- GUI (Graphical User Interface)
- 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
- 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
- Janitor Program
- Java
- Jaz (or Jazz) Drive
- JMS:
- Journal
- Journaling
- JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
- Jukebox
- Jump Drive: See Key Drive.
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- QBIC (Query By Image Content)
- Quality Control (QC
- Quarter Inch Cartridge (QIC)
- Query
- Queue
- Quick Peek
- 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)
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- WAV
- Web Site
- Wiki
- Wildcard Operator
- Workflow
- Workflow, Ad Hoc
- Workflow, Rule-Based
- Workgroup
- Worm
- WORM Discs
- WWW (WorldWideWeb)
- WYSIWYG