E-Discovery terms starting with B

40 terms

  1. "Bates Numbering" or "Bates Stamping" A system of sequentially numbering document pages in paper or electronic form as part of litigation discovery to uniquely identify each page scanned or…
  2. backbone The bones, muscles, tendons, and other tissues that reach from the base of the skull to the tailbone.
  3. Backfiles Existing paper or microfilm files.
  4. Backup To create a copy of data as a precaution against the loss or damage of the original data.
  5. Backup Data Backup data is information that is not presently in use by an organization and is routinely stored separately upon portable media, to free up space and…
  6. Backup Tape Backup or disaster recovery tapes are portable media used to store data that is not presently in use by an organization to free up space but still allow…
  7. Backup Tape Recycling Backup tape recycling is the process whereby an organizations backup tapes are overwritten with new backup data, usually on a fixed schedule (i.e.
  8. Backup Tapes Magnetic tapes used to store copies of data, for use when restoration or recovery of data is required.
  9. Bandwidth The amount of information or data that can be sent over a network connection in a given period of time.
  10. bar code A small pattern of vertical lines that can be read by a laser or an optical scanner.
  11. Basic De-duplication performed on a select and limited basis, such as for file names and types, and is usually based on the hash value of the entire electronic document.
  12. batch processing The processing of a large amount of data, or multiple records, in a single step.
  13. Bates Number Sequential numbering used to track documents and images in production data sets, where each page is identified by a unique production number.
  14. Bates Production Number A bates production number is a tracking number assigned to each page of each document in the production set.
  15. Baud Rate The number of times per second a communications channel changes the carrier signal it sends on a phone line.
  16. BBS (Bulletin Board System) A computer system or service that users access to participate in electronic discussion groups, post messages and/or download files.
  17. BCS Boston Computer Society, one of the first associations of PC/Apple users and one of the largest and most active.
  18. Beginning Document Number or BegDoc# The Bates Number identifying the first page of a document or record.
  19. Bi-Tonal A bi-tonal image uses only black and white.
  20. Bibliographical/Objective Coding Extracting objective information from electronic documents such as date created, author/recipient/copies, and associating the information with a specific…
  21. binary Mathematical base 2, or numbers composed of a series of zeros and ones. Since zero's and one's can be easily represented by two voltage levels on an…
  22. BIOS (Basic Input Output System) The set of user-independent computer instructions stored in a computers ROM, immediately available to the computer when the computer is turned on.
  23. Bit A bit ( B inary dig IT ) is the smallest unit of computer data. A bit consists of either 0 or 1. There are eight bits in a byte.
  24. Bit Map A Bit Map provides information on the placement and color of individual bits and allows the creation of characters or images by creating a picture…
  25. Bit Stream Backup Bit stream backups, also referred to as mirror image backups, are comprised of the backup of all areas of a computer hard disk drive or another type of…
  26. Blog Blogs, also referred to as Web logs, are frequent, chronological Web publications consisting of links and postings.
  27. BMP A Windows file format for storing bit map images.
  28. bookmark A link to a Web site or page previously visited.
  29. Boolean Search The term 'Boolean' refers to a system of logic developed by an early computer pioneer, George Boole.
  30. Boot To start up or reset a computer.
  31. Boot Sector The very first sector on a hard drive which contains the computer code (boot strap loader) necessary for the computer to start up and the partition table…
  32. BPI (Bits Per Inch) BPI measures data densities in disc and magnetic tape systems.
  33. BPS bits per second.
  34. Broadband Communications of high capacity and usually of multimedia content.
  35. Browser An application, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, used to view and navigate the World Wide Web and other Internet resources.
  36. Bug A problem with computer software or hardware that causes it to malfunction or crash.
  37. Burn Slang for making (burning) a CD-ROM copy of data, whether it is music, software, or other data.
  38. Bus A parallel circuit that connects the major components of a computer, allowing the transfer of electric impulses from one connected component to any other.
  39. Business Process Outsourcing Business process outsourcing occurs when an organization turns over the management of a business function, such as accounts payable, purchasing, payroll…
  40. byte Eight bits. A byte is a collection of bits used by computers to represent a character (i.e., "a", "1", or "&").