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| - | [[Image:Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington.jpg|thumb|200px|''Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday eveg., [[January 13]]th [[1840]], by which melancholy occurence; over 100 persons perished''. Courier [[lithograph]] [[documenting]] a [[news event]], published three days after the [[disaster]].]] | + | [[Image:The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David (1793).jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[The Death of Marat]]'' ([[1793]]) by [[Jacques-Louis David]]]] |
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| A '''document''' contains [[information]]. It often refers to an actual product of [[writing]] or [[recording]] and is usually intended to communicate or store collections of [[data]]. Documents are often the focus and concern of [[business| business administration]] and [[government|government administration]]. The word is also used as a verb as "documenting" describes the process of making a document. | A '''document''' contains [[information]]. It often refers to an actual product of [[writing]] or [[recording]] and is usually intended to communicate or store collections of [[data]]. Documents are often the focus and concern of [[business| business administration]] and [[government|government administration]]. The word is also used as a verb as "documenting" describes the process of making a document. | ||
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A document contains information. It often refers to an actual product of writing or recording and is usually intended to communicate or store collections of data. Documents are often the focus and concern of business administration and government administration. The word is also used as a verb as "documenting" describes the process of making a document.
The term document may be applied to any discrete representation of meaning, but usually it refers to something physical like one or more printed pages, or to a "virtual" document in electronic (digital) format.
See also
Related concepts:
- Data storage device: to store documents.
- Media type: document parts (text block, illustration, audio sample, etc.) can use different media types to store and "display" it.
- Internet of Things
- Realia (library science)
- Subject (documents)
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