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[′sȯrs ‚däk·yə·mənt]

(computer science)

The original medium containing the basic data to be used by a data-processing system, from which the data are converted into a form which can be read into a computer. Also known as original document.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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Any paper form onto which data are written. Order forms and employment applications are but two of myriad examples.

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