Welcome to the first post from JD&A's "EDD Dictionary."  I've created a short list of words that I hear used in certain EDD situations which attorneys might not be familiar with.  This entry is set up like an excerpt from a dictionary.  Each word is followed by its definition, "attorney equivalent," and examples of the word being used in everyday language.

We'll be adding to the EDD Dictionary in future posts.  (If you'd like, you can stay updated with our RSS feed!)

acquisition (ak-wuh-ZISH-uhn)

-noun: the act of gaining possession of the data that is stored on an electronic medium

Attorney equivalent: collection

Examples:

     1. Tom did not answer his phone because he was in Texas on an acquisition.

dupe (doop)

Primary use:

-verb:  to create a duplicate copy of an electronic medium

-noun: a duplicate copy of an electronic medium

Attorney equivalent: bit-stream copy, bit-for-bit copy

Examples:

     1. We need to dupe Mr. Craig's laptop before 2pm. (verb)
     2. Here is the dupe we made of Ms. Johnson's external drive. (noun)

Alternative use:

-noun: a duplicate copy of a file

Attorney equivalent: duplicate, copy

Examples:

     1. I'll bet more than half of these emails are dupes.

 image (IM-ij)

see "dupe" (primary use)

user-created files (YOO-zur  kree-EYT-ed  filz)

-noun: files, usually selected by file type, that are typically created by a user instead of by the operating system or an automated process

Attorney equivalent: files created by a custodian (Word documents, Excel documents, PDFs, etc.)

Examples:

     1. I gave the attorney a list of the user-created files that were on the system.

Check out the second entry in the EDD Dictionary, where we define "locally," "PST file," "machine," and "ESI."