Electronic document

Definitions

General

An electronic document is "[t]he digital or computer equivalent of paper documents."

U.S. government

An electronic document is

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[r]ecorded information that is recorded in a form that requires a computer or other machine to process it. Includes word processing documents; electronic mail messages; documents released under the Electronic Freedom of Information Act amendments; documents transmitted via Electronic Data Interchange; Internet and intranet postings; numerical and textual spreadsheets and databases; electronic files; optical images; software; and information systems.

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