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en:application-service-provider - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:57:13 -0500

* An application service provider is a company that delivers software applications to multiple users over the Internet or other network. Instead of purchasing software licenses directly from vendors or re-sellers, companies rent the software from an ASP, which hosts, maintains and upgrades software applications and computer hardware. [1] * Providing a computer program or application across a broadband connection as a third-party provider. Allows users to lower the cost of deploying an applicati…

en:application-software - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:55:57 -0500

* A program, that instructs a computer to perform a specific set of instructions or execute a process. Some software applications are user-driven like Microsoft Word or Notepad, while others are system-driven like the Windows system clock or automatic virus scanning programs. [1] [2] * An application is a collection of one or more related software programs that enables a user to enter, store, view, modify or extract information from files or databases. The term is commonly used in place of “pro…

en:active-data

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:53:29 -0500

* Data currently displayed on a computer screen, and/or files on a computer that can be accessed without having to use a restoration process. [1] * The information readily available and accessible to users, including word processing files, spreadsheets, databases' data, e-mail messages, electronic calendars and contact managers. [2] * Active data is information residing on the direct access storage media of computer systems, which is readily visible to the operating system and/or application…

en:electronic-discovery - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:44:29 -0500

* Discovery documents produced in electronic formats rather than hardcopy. The production may be contained on hard drives, tapes, CDs, DVDs, external hard drives, etc. Once received, these documents are converted to .tif format. It is during the conversion process that metadata can be extracted. [1] * A process that includes electronic documents and email into a collection of “discoverable” documents for litigation. Usually involves both software and a process that searches and indexes files o…

en:pointer - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:22:06 -0500

* A pointer is an index entry in the directory of a disk (or other storage medium) that identifies the space on the disc in which an electronic document or piece of electronic data resides, thereby preventing that space from being overwritten by other data. In most cases, when an electronic document is “deleted,” the pointer is deleted, which allows the document to be overwritten, but the document is not actually erased. [1] * An index entry in the directory of a hard disk that identifies the …

en:plaintext - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:17:41 -0500

The least formatted and therefore most portable form of text for computerized documents. [1] ---------- [1] Kroll Ontrack, Glossary of Terms, ---------- Attributions - EDRM ()

en:pb

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:13:59 -0500

A petabyte is a measure of computer data storage capacity and is one thousand million million (1,000,000,000,000,000) bytes. [1] ---------- [1] Kroll Ontrack, Glossary of Terms, ---------- Attributions - EDRM ()

en:petabyte - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:12:51 -0500

en:portable-document-format - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:10:46 -0500

* A proprietary format of Adobe Corporation, it has become a de facto standard for transmitting documents that the sender does not want to be altered and for transmitting documents to commercial printers and to the Web for online publishing. [1] * A file format developed by Adobe Systems. PDF captures formatting information from a variety of desktop publishing applications, making it possible to send formatted documents and have them appear on the recipient's monitor or printer as they were in…

en:pdf - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:08:31 -0500

en:personal-digital-assistant - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:07:03 -0500

* Any small hand held wireless device that provides computing and data storage abilities. Examples of PDAs include the Palm Pilot and the BlackBerry. [1] * A hand-held microcomputer that functions like an electronic rolodex and often connects to a larger computer for sharing or transferring information. [2] * A small, usually hand-held, computer which “assists” business tasks. [3]

en:pda - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:05:42 -0500

en:personal-computer - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:04:44 -0500

Technically a computer that conforms to the PC standard set by IBM, the PC now refers to any desktop computer other than a terminal on a Unix system. [1] ---------- [1] Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).

en:pc - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:03:39 -0500

en:operating-system

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:48:41 -0500

*Software which directs the overall activity of a computer (e.g. MS-DOS, Windows, Linux, etcetera). [1] [2] [3] * The most important program that runs on a computer. Every general-purpose computer must have an operating system to run other programs. Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For l…

en:online - created

Kitsa Statti — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:44:46 -0500

* When computers and other devices are connected to the network. [1] * The condition of a computer being connected to a computerized information system such as Lexis. Often refers to being connected to the Internet. [2] * Documents stored on the hard drive or magnetic disk of a computer that are available immediately. [3] * Connected (to a network). [4]