electronic document
Definition
Information recorded in a manner that requires a computer or other electronic device to display, interpret, and process it. This includes documents (whether text, graphics, or spreadsheets) generated by a software and stored on magnetic media (disks) or optical media (CDs, DVDs), as well as electronic mail and documents transmitted in electronic data interchange (EDI). In contrast to a paper (hard copy) document, an electronic document can contain non-sequential (non-linear) information as hypertext connected by hyperlinks.
electronic document is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks, Documentation & Recordkeeping, E-Commerce, Information Science & Technology and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
electronic document appears in the definitions of the following terms:
Conseil Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire (CERN),
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML),
secure hypertext transfer protocol,
hyperlink,
authentication certificate,
Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transportation (EDIFACT),
digital signature,
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP),
electronic data interchange (EDI),
pretty good privacy (PGP)
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