Noun
(uncountable)
- discovery in civil litigation which deals with the exchange of information in electronic format
Origin
e- +"Ž discovery
e-discovery
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e-discovery - Computer Definition
(Electronic-DISCOVERY) Relevant evidence in a court case that resides in electronic form. It includes all types of electronic files, including Web pages, e-mail correspondence, as well as database, word processing and spreadsheet files. Faster than Manual Coding Compiling electronic evidence is much faster than manual coding from paper documents as has been common in the past. Meta-data such as date, from, to and type of document can be extracted automatically from electronic files in order to create an evidence database.
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"e-discovery." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 19 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/e-discovery>.
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e-discovery. (n.d.). Retrieved January 19th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/e-discovery
