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Digital evidence
Article By:
Whitcomb, Carrie Morgan National Center for Forensic Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Last reviewed:January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.801790
Text, numerals, sound, or images (both moving and still) that are either stored or transmitted in a binary form and have potential use as evidence to prove a circumstance or event in a court of law. Binary refers to the electronic code made up of ones and zeroes that defines all the digital information. A unit of information is assigned one of two states, either 1 or 0 (that is, on and off). Thes two digits used in groups of 8 with varying sequences, for example, define the alphabet. See also: Criminalistics
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