As an attorney, you're fluent in legalese, but many of the folks you work with during e-discovery seem to only speak "IT."  This second entry in the EDD Dictionary is set up just like the first (found here); each common, EDD-related word is followed by its definition, the "attorney equivalent," and an example sentence.

locally (LOH-kuh-lee)

-adverb: regarding an action that takes place on a specific device without other devices getting involved; the opposite of "remotely"

Attorney equivalent:  on their computer; on that server (context-dependent)

Examples:

     1. You should search the custodian's hard drive; those user-created files are usually saved locally. (meaning they are saved on the custodian's hard drive)

     2. Once that computer receives the data, it's all processed locally. (meaning the data is processed on that computer alone)

PST file (pee-ess-TEE fil)

-noun: also known as a personal storage folder, this file stores e-mail messages, contacts, and calendar appointments from a Microsoft Outlook user's profile and is usually located on a user's hard drive.  (Note: whether or not a user will have a PST file depends on how Outlook is set up.)

Attorney equivalent: Outlook mailbox; Outlook messages, contacts, and calendar

Examples:

     1. The company wasn't using an Exchange Server; were you able to find a PST file on the custodian's hard drive so we can extract the mail items?

machine (muh-SHEEN)

-noun: synonymous with "computer;" an electronic device that performs mathematical and logical calculations and which stores digital data

Attorney equivalent: computer

Examples:

     1. That machine always seems to give me problems.

ESI (spoken as individual letters)

-acronym: short for "Electronically Stored Information;" any information that is digitally created, manipulated, communicated, or stored

Attorney equivalent: computer data

Examples:

     1. This is the attorney who will be directing the ESI collection in Denver next week.

Check out the first entry in the EDD Dictionary, where we cover "acquisition," "dupe," "image," and "user-created files."