Records Management terms starting with L

20 terms

  1. lateral filing File system in which files are accessed side to side, not front to back. Also used to describe furniture built to support this type of file system See…
  2. Legacy Data Information in the development process that may have significant resources invested into it that has been produced and/or stored on software and/or…
  3. legacy system Software and/or hardware that has become obsolete or been replaced, but which continues to store data
  4. Legal custody a form of child custody that grants one parent the right to make decisions about the child's upbringing.
  5. Legal Hold A legal hold is a communication issued as a result of current or anticipated litigation, audit, government investigation or other such matter that…
  6. legal instrument a deed of conveyance, court judgment, decree, or other similar public record of an official judicial, legislative, executive, or administrative action or…
  7. legal value usefulness of a record in complying with statutes and regulations, as evidence in legal proceedings, as legal proof of business transactions, or to…
  8. letter-by-letter arrangement A sorting technique that orders entries based on each character in a heading without regard for spaces or punctuation See also word-by-word arrangement.
  9. life cycle (of a record) distinct phases of a record's existence, from creation to final disposition
  10. linear foot A measurement used to calculate space requirements Note: A linear foot measures twelve inches for documents stored on edge. See also filing inch.
  11. linear measurement A measurement of records on a shelf or in a drawer typically expressed in filing inches or linear feet See also filing inch.
  12. litigation hold See legal hold.
  13. Local Government A legally-established unit of government at a level below state or territory government, including but not limited to, county, city, town, or village.
  14. locator A tool that helps a user locate and access information throughout a system of records
  15. log When you log off; disconnect from the game.
  16. Long Term Retention Retention of data for 5 years to satisfy requirements for local studies and to support litigation.
  17. long-term record Records that have enduring value to the organization
  18. lookup table A special tabular data file containing additional attributes for features stored in an associated feature attribute table.
  19. lossless compression Exact construction of image, bit-by-bit, with no loss of information.
  20. lossy compression Reduces storage size of image by reducing the resolution and color fidelity while maintaining minimum acceptable standard for general use.