Glossary of Discovery Terms
a
- Active Records
- ADC
- Address
- ADF
- Admissible
- AIIM
- Algorithm
- Aliasing
- Alphanumeric
- Ambient Data
- Analog
- Analytics
- Annotations
- ANSI
- Aperture Card
- Application
- Architecture
- Archive
- Archive, Electronic Archive
- ARMA International
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
- Aspect Ratio
- Assisted Review
- Attachment
- Attachment Backup
- Attribute
- Author or Originator
- AVI (Audio-Video Interleave)
b
- Backbone
- Backfiles
- Backup
- Backup Data
- Backup tape
- Backup Tape Recycling
- Backup Tapes
- Bandwidth
- Bar Code
- Batch Processing
- Batching
- Bates Number
- Bates Stamps (Also, Bates Numbers or Bates ID)
- BBS (Bulletin Board System)
- Beginning Document Number(or BegDoc#)
- Bi-Tonal
- Bibliographical/Objective Coding
- Binary
- BIOS (Basic Input Output System)
- Bit
- Bit Map
- Bit Stream Back-up
- BMP
- Bookmark
- Boolean Search
- Boolean search
- Boot
- Boot Sector
- BPI (Bits Per Inch)
- Bps
- Broadband
- Browser
- Bug
- Burn
- Bus
- Business Process Outsourcing
- Byte (Binary Term)
c
- Cache
- Caching
- Case De-Duplication
- Case/Matter
- CCD (Charge Coupled Device)
- CCITT
- CCITT Group 4
- CD-R (Compact Disc Recordable)
- CD-ROM
- CD-RW (Compact Disc Re-Writable)
- CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data)
- Centronics Interface
- Certificate
- CGA (Color Graphics Adapter)
- Chaff/winnowing
- Chain-of-Custody
- Chain of Custody
- Character Treatment
- Child Document
- CIE (Commission International de l’Eclairage)
- Cine-Mode
- CITIS (Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service)
- Clawback Agreement
- Client
- Client/Server
- Clipboard
- Cluster bitmaps
- Cluster (File)
- Cluster (System)
- Coding
- COLD (Computer Output to Laser Disc)
- Collection
- COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)
- Comb
- Comic Mode
- Comma Separated Value (CSV)
- Compact Disc (CD)
- Compliance Search
- Component Video
- Composite Video
- Compression
- Compression Ratio
- Computer
- Computer Forensics
- Concept Search
- Container File
- Content Comparison
- Contextual Search
- Continuous Tone
- Convergence
- Cookie
- Corrupted File
- Cost Shifting
- 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)
- Culling
- Custodian
- Custodian De-Duplication
- Cylinder
d
- DAC (Digital to Analog Converter)
- DAD (Digital Audio Disc)
- DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
- Data
- Data Collection
- Data Element
- Data Extraction
- Data Field
- Data Filtering
- Data Formats
- Data Mapping
- Data Mining
- Data Set
- Data Verification
- Database
- Database Management System (DBMS)
- De-duplication
- De-Duplication
- De-Fragment (“de-frag”)
- De-NIST
- De-NISTing
- De-skewing
- De-speckling
- Decryption
- Deduplication
- Deleted Data
- Deleted File
- Deletion
- Desktop
- DIA/DCA (Document Interchange Architecture)
- Digital
- Digital Certificate
- Digital Fingerprint
- Digital Forensics
- Digitize
- Directory
- Disaster Recovery Tapes
- Disc/Disk
- Disc mirroring
- Disc Partition
- Discovery
- Discovery Request (or just 'Request')
- Discwipe
- Disposition
- Distributed Data
- Dithering
- DLT (Digital Linear Tape)
- Document
- Document Date
- Document Family
- Document Imaging Programs
- Document Metadata
- Document Review
- Document Review Vocabulary
- Document Type or Doc Type
- Domain
- Domino Database
- Dot Pitch
- DPI (Dots Per Inch)
- Draft Record
- Drag-and-Drop
- DRAM
- Drive Geometry
- Driver
- DSP (Digital Signal Processor/Processing)
- DTP (Desktop Publishing)
- Duplex
- Duplex Scanners vs. Double-Sided Scanning
- DVD (Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc)
e
- e-Disclosure
- Early Case Assessment
- ECM
- EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
- eDiscovery
- eDiscovery or Electronic Discovery
- EDMS (Electronic Document Management System)
- EGA (Extended Graphics Adapter)
- EIA
- EIM
- EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture)
- Electronic discovery
- Electronic Discovery
- Electronic Document Management
- Electronic evidence
- Electronic File Processing
- Electronic Image
- Electronic Mail/Email
- Electronic Mail Message
- Electronic Record
- Electronically Stored Information (ESI)
- Electrostatic Printing
- Em
- Email address
- Email Metadata
- Email String
- Email Threading
- 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
- ESI Protocols
- Ethernet
- Evidentiary Image or Copy
- Exabyte
- Export
- Extended Partitions
- Extensible Markup Language (XML)
- Extranet
f
- False Positive/Negative
- FAT (File Allocation Table)
- FAX
- Fiber Optics
- Field Separator
- File
- File Compression
- File Extension
- File Family (or Document Family)
- File Format
- File Level Binary Comparison
- File Plan
- File Server
- File Sharing
- File Slack
- File System
- File System Metadata
- File Transfer
- File Types and Related Terms
- Filename
- Filter (verb)
- Filtering
- FIPS
- Firewall
- Flatbed Scanner
- Floppy Disc
- Folder
- Forensic Copy
- Forensic Image
- Forensics
- Form of Production
- Format (noun)
- Format (verb)
- Forms Processing
- Fragmented
- FRCP
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- Full Duplex
- Full Path
- Full-Text Indexing and Search
- Full-Text Search
- Fuzzy Search
g
- GAL
- GIF(Graphics Interchange Format)
- Gigabyte (GB)
- GMT Timestamp
- GPS Generated Timestamp
- Gray Scale
- GUI (Graphical User Interface, pronounced “gooey”)
h
- Hacker
- Half Duplex
- Halftone
- Hard Disc Drive
- Harvesting
- Hash
- Hash Coding
- Hash Function
- Hash Value
- HD (High Density)
- Head
- Hexadecimal
- Hidden Files or Data
- Hold
- Holorith
- Horizontal De-duplication
- Host
- Hosting
- HP-PCL & HPGL
- HTML
- HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
- Hub
- Hyperlink
- HyperText
i
- Icon
- ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition)
- Identification
- Image
- Image Copy, Imaged Copy
- Image (Drive)
- Image Enabling
- Image (File)
- Image Key
- Image Processing
- Image Processing Card (IPC)
- Import
- Inactive Record
- Index
- Index/Coding Fields
- Indexing
- Information
- Information Governance
- Input device
- Instant Messaging (“IM”)
- Inter-Partition Space
- Interlaced
- Interleave
- Internet
- Internet Publishing
- Intranet
- IP address (Internet Protocol address)
- ISA
- ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
- ISO
- ISP (Internet Service Provider)
- IT (Information Technology) Infrastructure
j
- Janitor Program
- Jaz Drive
- JMS
- Journal
- Journaling
- JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
- Juke-Box
- Jukebox
- Jump Drive
k
- Kerning
- Key Drive
- Key Field
- Keyword Search
- Keywords
- Kilobyte (KB)
- Kofax Board
l
- LAN (Local Area Network)
- Landscape Mode
- Laser Printing
- Latency
- Latent Data
- Leading/Ledding
- Legacy Data
- Legacy Data, Legacy System
- Legal Hold
- Legal Hold (Also, 'preservation order' or 'hold order')
- Level Coding
- LFP
- Lifecycle
- Line Screen
- Link
- Load File
- Load file
- Local Area Network (LAN)
- Logical File Space
- Logical Volume
- Lossless Compression
- Lossy Compression
m
- Machine Learning
- Magneto-Optical Drive
- Mailbox
- Make-Available Production
- MAPI (Mail Application Program Interface)
- Marginalia
- Mastering
- MCA (Micro Channel Architecture)
- MD5
- MDE (Magnetic Disc Emulation)
- Media
- Meet and Confer
- Megabyte (M or MB)
- Memory
- Menu
- Message Header
- Metadata
- Metadata Comparison
- MFT (Master File Table)
- MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition)
- Migrated Data
- Migration
- Mirroring
- MIS
- Mount, Mounting
- MTTR (Mean Time To Repair)
- Multimedia
n
- Native File
- Native Format
- Natural Language Search
- Near-duplicate
- Near-Line Data
- Near-Line Data Storage
- Network
- Network Gear
- Neural Network
- Node
- Non-Interlace
- Normalization
- NOS (Network Operating System)
- NSF
o
- Objective coding
- Objects
- OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
- Off-Line Data
- Off-Line Storage
- OLE
- On-Line Review
- On-Line Storage
- Online/On-Line
- Operating System (OS)
- Optical Discs
- Optical Jukebox
- OST
- Overwrite
p
- PackBits
- Packet
- Page
- Page File/Paging File
- Parallel
- Parent Document
- Partition
- Partition Table
- Partition Waste Space
- Password
- Path
- Pattern Matching
- Pattern Recognition
- PCI
- PCMCIA
- PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
- PDF (Portable Document Format)
- Personal Computer (PC)
- Personal Storage Table (PST)
- Petabyte (PB)
- Physical File Space
- Picture Element
- Pitch
- PKI Digital Signature
- Plaintext
- Platter
- PMS (Pantone Matching System)
- POD (Print On Demand)
- Pointer
- Portable Volumes
- Portrait Mode
- Precision
- Presentation
- Preservation
- Preservation Notice, Preservation Order
- Printout
- Private Network
- Privilege
- Privilege Data Set
- Privilege Log
- Privileged Log
- Processing
- Processing Data
- Production
- Production Data Set
- Production De-Duplication
- Production Number
- Program
- Properties
- Proportionality
- Protocol
- Proximity Search
- Proximity search
- Public Network
q
- QBIC (Query By Image Content)
- Quality Control (QC)
- Quarter Inch Cartridge (QIC)
- Query
- Queue
r
- RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Discs)
- RAM (Random Access Memory)
- Raster/Rasterized (Raster or Bitmap Drawing)
- Recall
- Record
- Record Custodian
- Record Lifecycle
- Record Owner
- Record Series
- Record Submitter
- Records Hold
- Records Management
- Records Manager
- Records Retention Period, Retention Period
- Records Retention Schedule
- Records Store
- Recover, Recovery
- Redact
- Redaction
- Refresh Rate
- Region (of an image)
- Registration
- Relative Path
- Remote Access
- Render Images
- Report
- Repository
- Repository for Electronic Records
- Residual Data
- Resolution
- Responsiveness
- Restore
- Retention Schedule
- Reverse Engineering
- Review
- Rewriteable Technology
- RFC822
- RGB (Red, Green and Blue)
- RIM
- RIP
- RLE (Run Length Encoded)
- ROM (Read Only Memory)
- Root Directory
- Rotary Camera
- Router
s
- Sampling
- Sampling Rate
- SAN (Storage Area Network)
- 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)
- Service-Level Agreement
- SGML/HyTime
- SHA-1
- SIMM (Single, In-Line Memory Module)
- Simplex
- Skewed
- Slack/Slack Space
- Slack space
- Slip sheet
- Smart Card
- SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
- Software
- Software application
- specified by FIPS PUB 180-1. Signature
- Speckle
- Splatter
- Spoliation
- SQL (Structured Query Language)
- Stand-Alone Computer
- Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
- Status Bar
- Steganography
- Storage Device
- Storage Media
- Structured data
- Subjective Coding
- Subtractive Colors
- Swap File
- System
- System Administrator (sysadmin, sysop)
- System Files
t
- T1
- T3
- Tagging
- Tape Drive
- TAR (Technology-Assisted Review)
- Taxonomy
- TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
- Telephony
- Templates, Document
- Temporary File - Temporary (or “temp”)
- Terabyte
- TGA
- Thread
- Thumb Drive
- Thumbnail
- TIFF
- TIFF Group III (compression)
- TIFF Group IV (compression)
- TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
- Toggle
- Tool Kit Without An Interesting Name (TWAIN)
- Toolbar
- Topology
- Track
- True Resolution
- Typeface
u
- Ultrafiche
- UMS
- Unallocated space
- Unicode
- Unitization
- Unitization – Physical and Logical
- UNIX
- Unstructured Data
- Upgrade
- Upload
- URI (Uniform Resource Indicators)
- User-Added Metadata
v
- Validate
- VAR/VAD/VASD
- 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
- VPN (Virtual Private Network)
w
- WAV
- Web Site
- Wildcard search
- Workflow, Ad Hoc
- Workflow, Rule-Based
- Workgroup
- WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many)
- WWW (World Wide Web)
- WYSIWYG
x
- X.25
- XML
z
- Zero-byte file
- ZIP
- Zip Drives
- Zone OCR