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e adoption of open-standard products and formats. Syn.: platform-independent; platform-neutral. [Computer and Information Sciences]
Any computer system that involves cryptography. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A chart or table that represents the semantic mapping of fields or data elements in one metadata standard to fields or data elements in another standard that has a similar function or meaning. [General Dictionaries]
n., The capability of software or hardware to run identically on differe |
nt platforms; facilitated by the adoption of
open-standard products and formats. Syn.: platform-independent; platform-neutral. [Computer and Information
Sciences]
n.,
Any computer system that involves cryptography. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A chart or table that represents the semantic mapping of fields or data elements in one metadata standard to fields or
data elements in another standard that has a similar function or meaning. [General Dictionaries]
n., The practice and study of protect |
ing information by transforming it (encrypting it) into an unreadable format, called
ciphertext. Only those who possess a secret (private) key can decipher (or decrypt) the message into plaintext. [Compute
r and Information Sciences]
n., [custodians] Persons officially entrusted with guarding and keeping things, such as property, artifacts, or records, or with
custody or guardianship of people, such as prisoners, inmates, or wards. [Arts]
n.,
Shorthand for “cryptographic system.” [Computer and Informati |
on Sciences]
n., The person or organization that creates or receives and accumulates documents. [Archives]
n., See
: active record. [Archives]
n., In archives, the individual or agency responsible for creating, receiving, accumulating, or otherwise producing records or
n.,
A person or institution that has charge or custody (of a child, property, papers, or other valuables). [Government]
n., [custodians] Persons officially entrusted with guarding and keeping things, such as property, artifacts, or recor |
ds, or with custody or guardianship of people, such as prisoners, inmates, or wards. [Arts]
n., In the legal sense, this word means "guardian" or "protector." It is used euphemistically in lay contexts to mean "janitor." [Government]
n.,
n., The basic responsibility for guardianship of records/archives based upon their physical possession but not necessarily implying legal title. [Archives]
n.,
The care and control of a thing or person for inspection, preservation, or security. [Government]
n., A coll |
ection of information treated as a unit for storage or use on a computer, especially at the level of the operating system.
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n.,
Initialism for “digital audio tape.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
automatically. [Archives]
n.,
The smallest meaningful units of information. [Archives]
n., Relevant observations made on artifacts serving as the basis for study and discussion. [Sciences]
n., Facts or instructions represented in a formalized manner, suitable for trans |
mission, interpretation or processing manually or
automatically. [Archives]
n., The symbolic representation of facts or ideas, especially when in the form in which it was originally collected and is
unanalyzed. [Archives]
n., Information, in any form, on which computer programs operate. The distinction between program (instructions) and data is a
fundamental one in computing (see von Neumann machine). It is in this fundamental sense that the word is used in terms such as
data, data break, data bus, data c |
artridge, data communications, data compression, data name, data protection, data subject, and
data type. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Numbers, characters, images, or other method of recording, in a form which can be assessed by a human or (especially) input
into a computer, stored and processed there, or transmitted on some digital channel. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Technically, raw facts and figures, such as orders and payments, which are processed into information, such as bala |
nce and
due and quantity on hand. However, in common usage, the terms data and information are used synonymously. [Computer and
Information Sciences]
n., Any form of information whether in paper or electronic form. In electronic form, data refers to the files and databases, text documents, images and digitally-encoded voice and video. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A general term for information; particularly used for information stored in a database. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Da |
ta is distinguished from other contrasting forms of information on which computers operate, such as text, graphics, speech, and image. The distinguishing characteristic is that it is organized in a structured, repetitive, and often compressed way. Typically the structure takes the form of sets of fields, where the field names are omitted (this omission being a main means of achieving compression). The “meaning” of such data is not apparent to anyone who does not know what each field signifies (for example, |
only a very limited meaning can be attached to “1234” unless you know that it occupies the “employee number” field). That characteristic gives rise to the popular fallacy that “data is meaningless”. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Numbers, characters, images or other methods of recording that represent values that can be stored, processed, and transmitted
by electronic systems. [General Dictionaries]
data element
n.,
A discrete component of data. [General Dictionaries]
n., The basic unit of inf |
ormation in the structured table of data elements. [Computer and Information Sciences]
The smallest meaningful units of information. [Archives]
n., The organization of data within files, usually designed to facilitate the storage, retrieval, processing, presentation, or transmission of the data by software. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A collection of information treated as a unit for storage or use on a computer, especially at the level of the operating s
ystem. [Computer and Information Sci |
ences]
n., The basic responsibility for guardianship of records/archives based upon their physical possession but not necessarily
implying legal title. [Archives]
n., The registration of digital entities into a logical name space. Manipulations of registered material can then b
[ automated through any standard computer application programming interface (API). [Archives]
n., The registration of digital entities into a logical name space. Manipulations of registered material can then be
automated through a |
ny standard computer application programming interface (API). [Archives]
n., The system of data objects which provide the methods for information storage and retrieval. Broadly, a data hiera
rchy may be considered to be either natural or machine. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The product of the database design process which aims to identify and organize the required data logically and
physically. A data model says what information is to be contained in a database, how the information will be use |
d, and
how the items in the database will be related to each other. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The product of the database design process which aims to identify and organize the required data logically and
physically. A data model says what information is to be contained in a database, how the information will be used, and how
the items in the database will be related to each other. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., An abstract model of some real-world situation or domain of interest |
about which information is to be held in a datab
ase and which the logical schema for that database encodes. The term data model (or data modeling method) is also used for a set of logical abstractions employed in constructing such a model. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A grammar of metadata language; a formalized world view that provides a context for metadata by defining the structur
al
relationships between different types of elements and sometimes by characterizing the things to which the ele |
ments refer.
[General Dictionaries]
data type
v., The systematic performance of a single operation or sequence of operations by one or more central processing units on data converted to machine-readable format to achieve the result for which the computer program that controls the processing was written. [Computer and Information Sciences]
data stream
n., The process of recovering data or records as bits from a failed, damaged, degraded or obsolete digital medium, followed by steps to restore the intelli |
gibility of the recovered data or records. Syn.: digital archaeology. [Computer and Information Sciences]
data restoration
n., A sequence of digitally encoded signals used to represent information in transmission. Also spelled “datastream.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., An abstract model of some real-world situation or domain of interest about which information is to be held in a database and
which the logical schema for that database encodes. The term data model (or data modeling method) is al |
so used for a set of
logical abstractions employed in constructing such a model. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The representation of information according to preset specifications (e.g., plaintext files, HTML, TIFF, etc.). [Computer and Information Sciences]
relationships between different types of elements and sometimes by characterizing the things to which the elements refer.
n., A collection of data items and links between them, structured in a way that allows it to be accessed, manipulated a |
nd extracted by a number of different applications programs or query languages. [General Dictionaries]
n., A large collection of information that has been coded and stored in a computer in such a way that it can be extracted under a
number of different category headings. [Sciences]
n., A structured assembly of logically related data designed to meet various applications but managed independently of them.
[Archives]
n., Data organized and stored so that it can be manipulated or extracted to meet various |
applications but managed independently
of them. [Archives]
n., [databases] Structured assemblies of logically related data, usually machine-readable data, designed to meet various
applications but managed independently of them. [Arts]
n., Information that is accessed and updated through software (a database management system) that has been organized,
structured, and stored so that it can be manipulated and extracted to for various purposes. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Any grouping of data for |
a particular purpose or for the use of a particular set of end users, usually organized via fields, and
providing tools to enable manipulation of the data such as sorting, grouping and extraction. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Normally and strictly, a body of information held within a computer system using the facilities of a database management system. All accessing and updating of the information will be via the facilities provided by this software as will be the recording of information on th |
e log file, database recovery, and multiaccess control. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., A set of interrelated files that is created and managed by a DBMS (Database Management System). [Computer and
Information Sciences]
n., One or more large structured sets of persistent data, usually associated with software to update and query the data. A simple
database might be a single file containing many records, each of which contains the same set of fields where each field is a
certain fixed width. [Compu |
ter and Information Sciences]
n., An organized collection of information held on a computer. [Government]
n., Any collection of information, automated or not, without regard to how it is accessed or stored. [General Dictionaries]
n., A (large) collection of data items and links between them, structure in a way that allows it to be access by a number of different applications programs or query languages. The terms is also used loosely to describe any collection of data. [General Dictionaries]
n., Any col |
lection of information, automated or not, without regard to how it is accessed or stored. [General Dictionaries]
See
: chronological date. [Archives]
n., The date, and possibly the time, a record has been written, included in the record by the author or the electronic system on the author’s behalf. [Archives]
date of receipt
n., The particular place (topical date) and/or time (chronological date) of the compilation and/or issuing of recorded information (the document). [Archives]
declared record
n.,
|
The date the record is received by the agency to which it was sent. [Archives]
date of document
n.,
The date assigned to it by the author. [Archives]
n.,
The date assigned to it by the author. It appears in the intellectual form of the record. [Archives]
n.,
n.,
The date the record leaves the space in which it was generated. [Archives] : chronological date. [Archives]
n., A standard not issued by any official standards-setting body, but nevertheless widely used and recognized by its users as a stand |
ard. [Government]
The date the record leaves the space in which it was generated. [Archives]
n., A standard issued by an official standards-setting body, whether national (e.g., ANSI), multi-national (e.g., CEN) or international (e.g., ISO). [Government]
An identified document, made or received by the creator, which has been classified and registered. [Archives]
n.,
An identified document, made or received by the creator, which has been classified and registered. [Archives]
n., A standard issued by |
an official standards-setting body, whether national (e.g., ANSI), multi-national (e.g., CEN) or
international (e.g., ISO). [Government]
v., Returning a compressed image or compressed data to its uncompressed form. Some compression methods lose information so
that the uncompressed image or data is not equivalent to the original. [Computer and Information Sciences]
digital
n., The completeness, primitiveness and effectiveness (enforceability) of a record. The three degrees of perfection for a record are |
draft, original and copy. [Archives]
digital audio tape
n., Arranged records for which information about their nature, make-up and contexts (juridical-administrative, provenancial, procedural, documentary and technological) are recorded to facilitate administrative and intellectual control. [Archives]
digital component
See
: archival description [Archives]
descriptive instrument
n., Presentation of the ideal motivation (preamble) and the concrete reason (exposition) for the action as well as the actio |
n or matter itself (disposition) as expressed in the content of the record. [Archives]
description of action or matter
n., A tool prepared in the course of archival description and indexing of records for the purposes of administrative and intellectual control. [Archives]
See
n., The entity responsible for taking physical and legal custody of and preserving (i.e., protecting and ensuring
continuous access to) authentic copies of a creator’s inactive records. The role of the designated records preserver s |
hould be that of a trusted custodian for a creator’s records.S yn.: designated preserver; preserver. [Archives]
: data restoration [Computer and Information Sciences]
Analyse, define and document the requirements for presenting records and their aggregates, based upon the guideline
s for organizing them, so they can be presented to fulfill requests for records or record aggregates in ways that r
[flects their interrelationships. [Models (BDR)]
n., Presentation of the ideal motivation (preamble) and the c |
oncrete reason (exposition) for the action as well as the
action or matter itself (disposition) as expressed in the content of the record. [Archives]
a., The representation of an object or physical process through discrete, binary values. In contrast to an ana
logue representation of an object or physical process, a digitally-encoded representation does not resemble the ori
ginal. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Operating on data (textual, numeric, graphic or audio) represented as a series of usua |
lly binary digits or in similar
discrete form.
n., Representing data as discrete variables in the form of numerical characters, as in a digital clock or a digital comp
uter.
n., (DAT) A type of magnetic digital medium that can store up to 4 gigabytes of digital data per cassette by using helical
scan recording. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., See
: data restoration [Computer and Information Sciences]
Analyse, define and document the requirements for presenting records and their aggregates, based |
upon the guidelines for
organizing them, so they can be presented to fulfill requests for records or record aggregates in ways that reflects their
interrelationships. [Models (BDR)]
n., (DAT) A type of magnetic digital medium that can store up to 4 gigabytes of digital data per cassette by using helical scan re
cording. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Representing data as discrete variables in the form of numerical characters, as in a digital clock or a digital computer.
n., A digital object tha |
t is part of one or more digital documents, and the metadata necessary to order, structure or manifest its content and form, requiring a given preservation action. [Archives]
n., A digital object that contains all or part of the content of an electronic record, and/or metadata necessary to order, structure, or manifest the content, and that requires specific methods for preservation of one or more electron [Archives]
A real or abstract digital construct. [Archives]
n., The smallest meaningful units of i |
nformation, expressed as binary bits that are digitally encoded and affixed to a digital medium. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A discrete aggregation of one or more bitstreams and the metadata about the properties of the object and, if
applicable, methods of performing operations on the object. [General Dictionaries]
n., A digital component, or group of digital components, that is saved and is treated and managed as a document.
[Archives]
n., (DLT) A type of magnetic digital medium that can st |
ore up to 35 gigabytes of digital data per cassette by using
longitudinal recording. [Computer and Information Sciences]
v., The use of discrete numeric values (such as the binary values 0 and 1) rather than a continuous spectrum of value
s (such as those generated by an analogue system). [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The smallest meaningful units of information, expressed as binary bits that are digitally encoded and affixed to a
digital medium. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n.,
A real |
or abstract digital construct. [Archives]
n.,
Any aggregation of data. [Archives] Any aggregation of data. [Archives]
n., The byte-serialized encoding of a digital object that defines the syntactic and semantic rules for the mapping from an inform
ation model to a byte stream and the inverse mapping from that byte stream back to the original information model. In most conte
xts, digital format is used interchangeably with digital file-related concepts such as file format, file wrapper, file encoding, et |
c. However, there are some contexts, “such as the network transport of formatted content streams or consideration of content streams at a level of granularity finer than that of an entire file, where specific reference to “file” is inappropriate.”S yn.: digital presentation. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A unit of digital information that includes properties of the object and may also include methods of performing operations on
n., (DLT) A type of magnetic digital medium that can store up to 35 g |
igabytes of digital data per cassette by using longitudinal recording. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A digital object that contains all or part of the content of an electronic record, and/or metadata necessary to order, structure, or
manifest the content, and that requires specific methods for preservation of one or more electron [Archives]
n., Physical material, such as a CD, DVD, DAT or hard disk, used for storage of digital data. [Computer and Information Sciences]
digital entity
n., A disc |
rete aggregation of one or more bitstreams and the metadata about the properties of the object and, if applicable, methods of performing operations on the object. [General Dictionaries]
n., In the technical sense, a type of data structure consisting of digital content, a unique identifier for the content (called a "handle"), and other data about the content, for example, rights metadata. See also: digital asset management and Digital Object Identifier [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A unit of digi |
tal information that includes properties of the object and may also include methods of performing operations on
the object. [General Dictionaries]
digital document
n., See
: digital format [Computer and Information Sciences]
diplomatics
v., The specific process of maintaining digital materials during and across different generations of technology over time, irrespective where they reside. [Computer and Information Sciences]
digital system
n.,
A digital document that is treated and managed as a record |
. [Archives]
n., A record whose content and form are encoded using discrete numeric values (such as the binary values 0 and 1) rather than a continuous spectrum of values (such as those generated by an analogue system).
n., A record that has been captured and fixed for storage and manipulation in a computer system and that requires the use of the
system to be intelligible by a person. [Archives]
n.,
n.,
An electronic signature based on public key cryptography. [Archives]
n., A digital mark that has the |
function of a signature in, is attached to, or is logically associated with a record, and is used by a signatory to take responsibility for, or to give consent to, the content of the record. [Archives]
n., A code, generally created using a public key infrastructure (PKI), that is associated with a digital object that can verify that the
object has not been altered and, in some contexts, may be used to authenticate the identity of the sender. [Computer a
nd
Information Sciences]
n., An electronic signatur |
e that cannot be forged. It is a computed digest of the text that is encrypted with the sender p
rivate key and sent along with the text message. The recipient decrypts the signature with the sender’s public key and recomputes the digest from the received text. If the digests match, the message is authenticated and proved intact from the sender. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., In electronic commerce, a system to confirm the identity of a message's sender as well as the authenticity and integrit
y o |
f
electronic documents. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., Extra data appended to a message which identifies and authenticates the sender and message data using public-key encryption.
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Data appended to a unit of data held on a computer, or a cryptographic transformation of a data unit, that allows the recipient
of the data unit to prove its source and integrity and protects against forgery. The International Standards Organization defined
this means of identifica |
tion and protection. An electronic signature, as defined by the Electronic Communications Act 2000, has
a similar effect in relation to a commercial agreement. [Government]
object has not been altered and, in some contexts, may be used to authenticate the identity of the sender. [Computer and
n.,
Any system handling binary data, as opposed to an analogue system. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., In electronic commerce, a system to confirm the identity of a message's sender as well as the authentici |
ty and integrity of
n., A binary code attached to a record indicating the time that an event occurred, such as creation, receipt, reading, modification or deletion. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Extra data appended to a message which identifies and authenticates the sender and message data using public-key encryption.
n., (DVD) A type of single- or double-sided, optical digital medium that is capable of storing from 4.7 to 8.5 gigabytes of digital data on two continuous, microscopic, spiral track |
s or grooves that are cut and read by a laser beam. Its logical format specifications are governed by the Universal Disk Format (UDF) specification.S yn.: digital versatile disc. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Data appended to a unit of data held on a computer, or a cryptographic transformation of a data unit, that allows the recipient
n., The discipline which studies the genesis, forms and transmission of archival documents, and their relationship with the facts represented in them and with their |
creator, in order to identify, evaluate, and communicate their true nature. [Archives]
n.,
The science dealing with the types and elements of documents. [Archives]
n., The study of the creation, forms, and transmission of records, and their relationship to the facts represented in them and to their creator, in order to identify, evaluate, and communicate their nature and authenticity. [Archives]
n., An analytical technique for determining the authenticity of records issued by sovereign authorities in |
previous centuries.
[Archives]
[Archives]
n., An order or instruction, especially one issued by an agency, corporate body, organization or other central authority. [Government]
n., The study of the creation, forms, and transmission of records, and their relationship to the facts represented in them and to
their creator, in order to identify, evaluate, and communicate their nature and authenticity. [Archives]
n., [archives] Records’ final destruction or transfer to an archives as determined by their appr |
aisal. [Archives]
n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the core of the text of a document narrating
the expression of the will of the author and the action of the record. [Archives]
n., The actions taken with regard to non-current records following their appraisal and the expiration of their retention periods as provided for by legislation, regulation or administrative procedure. [Archives]
n., The destination of archival documents as determined by their appraisal. [A |
rchives]
n., [records schedules] Documents describing the recurring records of an organization or administrative unit, specifying those records to be preserved as having archival value, and authorizing, on a continuing basis and after the lapse of specified retention periods and the occurrence of specified actions or events, the destruction of the remaining records. [Arts]
n., The arrangement of different stops or registers among the keyboards or divisions of a harpsichord or organ. For example, a
single |
unison register of a harpsichord is usually designated as 1 × 8'; an octave higher (the four foot) as 1 × 4'. A three-register
harpsichord with two unisons and an octave would be designated 2 × 8', 1 × 4'.
[Arts]
n., The action taken after the appraisal of non-current documents. This may include transfer to a records center or archive
depository for temporary or permanent storage, reproduction on microfilm, or destruction. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The act of transferring something to anothe |
r's care or possession, esp. by deed or will; the relinquishing of property.
[Government]
n., Disposal; disposition. Both mean generally "a getting rid of," but "disposal" has more often to do with trash or inconsequential
items, whereas "disposition" is used of assets given to relatives and friends by will. "Disposition" connotes a preconceived plan
and an orderly arrangement. "Disposal," by contrast, bears derogatory connotations--more so in AmE than in BrE. [Government]
directive
a.,
(of a document) |
constituting a juridical act. [Archives]
disposition
n., A retrospective record whose purpose is to put into existence an act, the effects of which are determined by the writing itself; that is, the written form of the record is the essence and substance of the act. With enabling, instructive, narrative, probative and supporting, one of six functional categories of records. [Archives]
a.,
n.,
Initialism for “digital linear tape.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
Initialism for “digital linear tape |
.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., An indivisible unit of information constituted by a message affixed to a medium (recorded) in a stable syntactic
manner. A document has fixed form and stable content. [Archives]
n., Recorded information or object which can be treated as a unit. [Archives]
n., Recorded information regardless of medium or characteristics. [Archives]
n., A combination of a medium and the information recorded on or in it, which may be used as evidence or for consultation.
[Archive |
s]
n., A single archival, record or manuscript item. Usually physically indivisible. [Archives]
n., Information that has been fixed in written form. [Archives]
n., Refers especially to recorded information regardless of medium or characteristics, whether created specifically as records of
information or used as such at some time subsequent to their creation. In its broadest sense, however, can include any i
tem
amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, not only written and printed materials in paper |
or microform versions but also
nonprint media and, in some circumstances, three-dimensional objects or realia. [Arts]
n., A single record or item. Examples include: a sheet of paper with writing; an E-Mail message; a film with images; a magnetic
tape with a sound recording. [Arts]
n., A single component or entity in a set of archival materials, usually a physically indivisible object. [Computer and Information
Sciences]
n., Any specific type of file produced or edited by a specific application; usually c |
apable of being printed. E.g. "Word
document", "Photoshop document", etc. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A generic term for a physical entity consisting of any substance on which is recorded all or a portion of one or more works for
the purpose of conveying or preserving knowledge. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A piece of text considered to be a single item and usually stored as a file. The document might be a letter, a report, a chapter,
etc. It will usually have a unique name, and may |
have other attributes attached to it, such as a brief description of what it contains
and who composed it. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Something that records or transmits information, typically in writing on paper. For the purposes of providing evidence to a court, documents include books, maps, plans, drawings, photographs, graphs, discs, tapes, soundtracks, and films. [Government]
n., A unit of data or information, especially written or textual, that has been compiled and formatted for a sp |
ecific purpose that
includes content and structure, and may include context. [General Dictionaries]
n., Something that records or transmits information, typically in writing on paper. For the purposes of providing evidence to a
court, documents include books, maps, plans, drawings, photographs, graphs, discs, tapes, soundtracks, and films. [Government]
n., A file describing the tag structure of an XML-encoded document, as in an XML Document Type Definition. [Computer and Information Sciences]
includes co |
ntent and structure, and may include context. [General Dictionaries]
n., (DTD) A formal specification that contains or points to the syntactic rules according to which an SGML-compliant document can be composed. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., (DTD) The definition of a document type in SGML or XML, consisting of a set of mark-up tags and their interpretation. [Computer and Information Sciences]
documentary form
n.,
The archival fonds to which a record belongs, and its internal structure. [Archi |
ves]
document type definition
n., The rules of representation according to which the content of a record, its administrative and documentary context, and its authority are communicated. Documentary form possesses both extrinsic and intrinsic elements.S yn.: documentary presentation. [Archives]
n., Rules that structure a document's extrinsic and intrinsic elements in order to communicate its content, its administrative and documentary context, and its authority. [Archives]
n., Seen., See
: documentary fo |
rm [Archives]
n., (DTD) A formal specification that contains or points to the syntactic rules according to which an SGML-compliant
document can be composed. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The body of rules governing the making of an archival document. The more standardized and rigorous the procedure, t
he more reliable the record is presumed to be. [Archives]
n., The body of rules governing the making of an archival document. The more standardized and rigorous the procedure,
the more reliable th |
e record is presumed to be. [Archives]
n., All material that serves primarily to describe a system and make it more readily understandable, rather than to contribute in some way to the actual operation of the system. Documentation is frequently classified according to
purpose; thus for a given system there may be requirements documents, design documents, and so on. In contrast to documentation oriented toward development and maintenance of the system, user documentation describes those aspects of the syste |
m that are of interest to end-users. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The organization and processing of documents or data including location, identification, acquisition, analysis, storage, retrieval, presentation and circulation for the information of users. [Archives]
n., Use broadly for the gathering and recording of information, especially to establish or provide evidence of facts or testimony.For the organizing and controlling of information, use "information management." For the records of i |
nformation, regardless of
medium or characteristics, either created specifically as records of information or used as such at some time subsequent to their
creation, use "documents." [Arts]
Initialism for “dynamic random-access memory.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The aggregation of all the records that participate in the same affair or relate to the same event, person, place,
project, or other subject. Syn.: file. [Archives]
n., A file relating to a specific action, event, person, place |
, project, or other subject. A case file is sometimes
referred to as a project file or dossier. [Archives]
n., The smallest interrelated aggregation of records, usually named after the person, activity, or subject to whi
ch it refers. A
dossier should not be confused with a folder. A dossier is a conceptual unit aggregated on the basic of the action or matter wi
th
which it deals. [Archives]
n., The aggregation of all the documents related to the same affair. [Archives]
n., A dossier may be distributed |
across a number of folders. [Archives]
n., A group of documents assembled to provide information about a specific topic. [General Dictionaries]
n., The aggregation of all the documents related to the same affair. [Archives]
n.,
A record made for purposes of correction. [Archives]
n., A rough or preliminary form of a document, sometimes retained as evidence. [Archives]
n., A temporary compilation made for purposes of correction. [Archives]
n., [Drafts] Preliminary or tentative versions of documents. [ |
Arts]
n., A version of a document, in handwritten, typed, printed, or digital form, not intended to be final but instead subject to future
modification (correction, revision, etc.), sometimes by a person or persons other than the original author. See also: bill.
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n., An initial unsigned agreement, treaty, or piece of legislation, which is not yet in force. [Government]
n., A document ordering a second party to transfer a specified amount of money to an individual named |
in the document.
[General Dictionaries]
n., A version of a text or image, especially a preliminary version to be further revised. [General Dictionaries]
n., The organization and processing of documents or data including location, identification, acquisition, analysis, storage,
retrieval, presentation and circulation for the information of users. [Archives]
n.,
Initialism for “dynamic random-access memory.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
medium or characteristics, either created specifically as rec |
ords of information or used as such at some time subsequent to their
n.,
Initialism for “document type definition.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
draft
See
: copy
duplicate
n., The encoding of digital documents or other digital objects to conform to well-known data processing standards down to the level of encoding bits as ASCII or Unicode UTF-8, and objects as XML. [Computer and Information Sciences]
dvd
Initialism for “digital videodisc” or “digital versatile disc.” [Computer and Information |
Sciences]
e-government
n., Flexible and adaptable approaches to tailoring computing resources to demands. [Computer and Information Sciences]
effective record
n., (DRAM) A type of semiconductor memory in which the information is stored in capacitors on a metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit. Due to leakage the capacitor discharges gradually and the memory cell loses the information. Therefore, to preserve the information, the memory has to be refreshed periodically. [Computer and Information Sci |
ences]
dynamic computing
n., A record the content of which is dependent upon data that might have variable instantiations and be held in databases and spreadsheets internal or external to the system in which the record is generated. [Archives]
n.,
A document that includes content taken from external sources that changes as those external sources change. [Archives]
Initialism for “digital videodisc” or “digital versatile disc.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A system linked to particular algor |
ithmic programming and mathematical system capabilities, as expressed i
n this statement: "The identification of dynamic systems concerns the definition of a mathematical model which behaves like a process solely on the basis of its measurements" [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Flexible and adaptable approaches to tailoring computing resources to demands. [Computer and Information
Sciences]
n., A record capable of reaching the consequences or producing the effects for which it was intended. [Gene
|
ral Dictionaries]
n., The use of information technologies, especially the Internet to improve government services for and interactions with
citizens (G2C) , businesses and industry (G2B), and different division of government (G2G) by simplifying processes, and
by integrating and eliminating redundant systems. [General Dictionaries]
a., The characteristic of a record that refers to the presence within it of all the elements required by the creator and the
juridical system for it to be capable of reaching |
the consequences or producing the effects for which it was intended. Wit
h completeness and primitiveness, a quality presented by an original record. [Archives]
n.,
The capacity to be effective, i.e. to reach the purpose for which the object was generated. [General Dictionaries]
n.,
n., The use of information technologies, especially the Internet to improve government services for and interactions with citizens (G2C) , businesses and industry (G2B), and different division of government (G2G) by simplifyi |
ng processes, and by integrating and eliminating redundant systems. [General Dictionaries] n., Services on the net, that are customer (citizen/business) oriented and not service provider oriented. It is service delivery independent of place and time. And it is hopefully a single interface to government. [General Dictionaries]
n., The delivery of information and services online through the Internet or other digital means. [General Dictionaries]
n., Cross government co-operation. Data should be a shared res |
ource. [General Dictionaries]
n., Services based on Internet technologies. This involves IP networking, WWW technologies and standard browsers for easy and
flexible access to information and to interactive services. [General Dictionaries]
n., Government use of the web to enhance information access and service delivery to citizens, businesses and other government
customers. [General Dictionaries]
flexible access to information and to interactive services. [General Dictionaries]
n.,
An aural record gener |
ated by an electronic device. [Arts]
electronic
n.,
A science that deals with transformation of sound energy into electric energy and vice versa. [General Dictionaries]
electronic record
n., Device or technology associated with or employing low voltage current and solid state integrated circuits or components, usually for transmission and/or processing of analogue or digital data. [Computer and Information Sciences]
electronic address
n., A location of data, usually in main memory or on a disk. You c |
an think of computer memory as an array of storage boxes, each of which is one byte in length. Each box has an address (a unique number) assigned to it. By specifying a memory address, programmers can access a particular byte of data. Disks are divided into tracks and sectors, each of which has a unique address. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A name or token that identifies a network component. In local area networks (LANs), for example, every node has a unique address. On the Internet, every file |
has a unique address called a URL. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Device or technology associated with or employing low voltage current and solid state integrated circuits or
components, usually for transmission and/or processing of analogue or digital data. [Computer and Information
Sciences]
n., An analogue or digital record that is carried by an electrical conductor and requires the use of electronic equipment to
be intelligible by a person.
n., [Defined as MACHINE READABLE RECORDS/ARCHIVES |
] Records/archives usually in code, recorded on a medium such as a
magnetic disc, magnetic tape, punched card, whose contents are accessible only by machine and organized in accordance
with the principle of provenance. [Archives]
n., A record which is in electronic form. [Archives]
n., Information that has been captured and fixed for storage and manipulation in an automated system and that requires the u
sed of the system to render it intelligible by a person. [Archives]
n., Records on electronic storag |
e media. [Archives]
n., A record that has been made or received, and fixed for storage and manipulation in a computer system and that requires t
he
use of the system to be intelligible by a person. [Archives]
n., Bibliographic or archival records stored on a medium, such as magnetic tape/disk or optical disk, that requires computer
equipment for retrieval and processing. Compare with machine-readable records. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Information that has been captured and fixed for storage |
and manipulation in an automated system and that requires the used
of the system to render it intelligible by a person. [Archives]
n., A means of authenticating a record and its author or a means of protecting the confidentiality of the record by ensuring that the record is only opened by the intended addressee. It is a distinct type of electronic signature. [Archives]
n., A record that has been made or received, and fixed for storage and manipulation in a computer system and that requires the
n., A digi |
tal mark that has the function of a signature in, is attached to, or is logically associated with a record, and is used by a signatory to take responsibility for, or to give consent to, the content of the record. [Archives]
n., A digital mark, code, or other symbol that identifies an individual and indicates responsiblity for or consent to the content of the material to which it is affixed. [Archives]
n., An electronic symbol, sound, or process that is either attached to or logically associated with a doc |
ument (such as a contract or
other record) and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document. Types of electronic signatures include a
typed name at the end of an e-mail, a digital image of a handwritten signature, and the click of an "I accept" button on an
e-commerce site. [Government]
typed name at the end of an e-mail, a digital image of a handwritten signature, and the click of an "I accept" button on an
n., [Electronic Records System] Any information system that produces, proce |
sses, or stores records by using a computer. Often called an automated information system. [Government]
e-mail
n.,
A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity. [General Dictionaries]
element set
n., A constituent part of the record’s documentary form, visible on the face of the record. It may be either extrinsic, like a seal, or intrinsic, like a subscription. [Archives]
e-mail attachment
n.,
Collections of elements that have at least one characteristic in common. [Gen |
eral Dictionaries] n., Collections of objects or elements that have at least one characteristic in common. For example, the set X may consist of all the elements x1, x2, x3, etc. This is written {x1, x2, x3,…} = X. [Sciences]
A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity. [General Dictionaries]
n., An abbreviation of electronic mail, an Internet protocol that allows computer users to exchange messages and da
ta files in real time with other users, locally and across networks. |
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Messages, documents, etc., sent between users of computer systems, the computer systems being used to transp
ort and hold the e-mail. [Sciences]
n., A means for an originator of information to distribute information to an unlimited number of recipients via a val
ue added
network service which mimics the functions of the paper postal services. [Arts]
n., Messages automatically passed from one computer user to another, often through computer networks and/or via mode |
ms over
telephone lines. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A means of transmitting correspondence over telephone lines, cable lines and/or computer networks or of relaying messages
via satellite networks. [General Dictionaries]
n., The transmission of messages over communications networks. Language designation refers to the language of the host site.
[General Dictionaries]
n., A means of transmitting correspondence over telephone lines, cable lines and/or computer networks or of relaying messages
n |
., A file that is linked to and is transmitted along with an e-mail message. The attached file can be of any type. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The transmission of messages over communications networks. Language designation refers to the language of the host site.
n., The reproduction of the behaviour and results of obsolete software or systems through the development of new hardware and/or software to allow execution of the old software or systems on future computers. Syn.: preservation emulati |
on. [General Dictionaries]
n., A process of imitation, which is a frequent feature accompanying competition. Customs, buildings, and artifacts in one society
may be adopted by neighbouring ones through imitation, which is often competitive in nature. [Sciences]
n., Moving the information to new hardware but with a additional software component which emulates the old hardware, thus
allowing execution of the old application software. [Archives]
n., When one system performs in exactly the same way as anoth |
er, though perhaps not at the same speed. A typical example
would be emulation of one computer by (a program running on) another. You might use an emulation as a replacement for a
system whereas you would use a simulation if you just wanted to analyse it and make predictions about it. [Computer and
Information Sciences]
n., Emulation should be more than simulation. This should mimic exactly the behaviour of the circumstances that it is emulating.
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The exact execution |
on a given computer of a program written for a different computer, accepting the identical data and
producing the identical results. Emulation is thus the imitation of all or part of one computer system by another system. It may be
achieved by software, microprogram, or hardware. A particular emulation could be used as a replacement for all or part of the
system being emulated, and furthermore could be an improved version. For example, a new computer may emulate an obsolete
one so that programs written for |
the old one will run without modification. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The use of one system to reproduce the behaviours and results of another system. [General Dictionaries]
entity
n., A prospective record encoded in machine language that is actively involved in carrying out an action or process. With dispositive, instructive, narrative, probative and supporting, one of six functional categories of records. [Archives]
evidence
n., The process of binding together a digital document or othe |
r digital object and the means of providing access to it, normally in a wrapper that describes what it is in a way that can be understood by a wide range of technologies (such as an XML document). [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The technique used by layered protocols in which a layer adds header information to the protocol data unit (PDU) from the layer above. As an example, in Internet terminology, a packet would contain a header from the physical layer, followed by a header from the network laye |
r (IP), followed by a header from the transport layer (TCP), followed by the application protocol data. [Computer and Information Sciences]
entity type
n., The representation of symbols in some alphabet by symbols or strings of symbols in some other alphabet. [Computer and Information Sciences]
encapsulation
n., The conversion of data into a secret code (or of plaintext into ciphertext) for transmission over a public network. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The process of encoding plaintext int |
o ciphertext so that it can be read only by those who know the cipher to unscramble the message. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., The mechanism of coding data transmitted by various telecommunications systems so that only authorized users may have
access to it. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Any procedure used in cryptography to convert plaintext into ciphertext (encrypted message) in order to prevent
any but the
intended recipient from reading that data. [Computer and Information Sciences |