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SWGDE Glossary

SWGDE provides this Glossary of Terms with general, as well as discipline specific, definitions as they apply across the spectrum of image analysis, computer forensics, video analysis, and forensic audio. Sources are notated within brackets at the end of the definition when that definition came from outside of SWGDE. The following abbreviations will be used throughout this glossary and appear before the definition as applicable:
( i ) Image Analysis
( c ) Computer Forensics
( v ) Video Analysis
( a ) Forensic Audio
( p ) Photography
( q ) Quality & Standards
*This list is a duplication of the terms provided in the published document ‘SWGDE Digital & Multimedia Evidence Glossary,’ which can be downloaded from the Documents menu. However please note, this page is updated before the document is, therefore the most up to date version will appear here first.

Date Added to Lexicon
Technical Report/Other Source (Author, Title of report. Publisher, Year.)
Strategic Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE), SWGDE Digital & Multimedia Evidence Glossary. Strategic Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE), 2025. Source link
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