document

Definition 1

Something tangible that records communication or facts with the help of marks, words, or symbols.

Definition 2

Recorded information that (regardless of medium, form, or characteristics) serves to establish one or several facts, and/or can be relied upon as a proof thereof.

Definition 3

Set of data processed by a computer as a unit, and output in form suitable for direct human interpretation. Generally speaking, documents function as evidence of intentions, whereas records function as evidence of activities.


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