The Document reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004
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A document is a writing that contains information.

Traditionally,the medium of a document was paper and the information was applied to it as ink either by hand (to make a hand-written document) or by a mechanical process (like a printing press, or a laser printer).

Today, electronic means for storing and displaying documents are also popular; a variety of computers and displays can be used, for example:

Documents in all forms are frequently found to be material evidence in criminal and civil proceedings. The forensic analysis of such a document falls under the scope of questioned document examination.

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