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Improving your eDiscovery Vocabulary is as Easy as 123 – eDiscovery Best Practices
Want to be better equipped to speak the “lingo” of eDiscovery and understand what you’re saying? Here’s a glossary that can help.
As provided via the JDSupra Business Advisor site, Electronic Discovery: Glossary of 123 Commonly Used Terms, provided by Seattle law firm Lane Powell PC, is a glossary of 123 commonly used terms to help you navigate the world of Electronic Discovery. For those of us who have been in the industry for years, call them Terms of Endearment!
From Active Data to Zip, the glossary defines 123 total terms related to eDiscovery as well as technology in general. You get discovery terms defined ranging from Bates Number and Chain of Custody to Redaction and Spoliation and technology terms from Cache (pronounced “cash”) and Compression to Unallocated Space and VPN (Virtual Private Network).
You can review the terms from the window on the JD Supra site or download the PDF document for reference purposes. This list comes in handy for anyone who may need a better understanding of eDiscovery and technology or simply needs a refresher on certain terms.
I did not see definitions for all of the EDRM phases (e.g., no definitions for Identification, Collection, Analysis, Processing or Presentation) and some other terms that might be useful to define (e.g., Searching), so maybe they can eventually issue a supplemented version that has 144 defined terms. Now, that’s gross!
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So, what do you think? Do you speak fluent eDiscovery? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.
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