(information science) The matching of a user query against a set of free-text records, including unstructured text, such as newspaper articles, real-estate records or paragraphs in a manual.

(law) In the law of evidence, a document which is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule, and which is considered self-authenticating, because it is older than a certain age (usually twenty years) and in a condition that makes it free from suspicion concerning its authenticity, and was found in a place where such a writing was likely to be kept.

plural of ancient document

An identity document issued by a government or international treaty organization to facilitate the movement of individuals or small groups of persons across international boundaries, such as a passport.

(finance) A document showing a liquidated sum of money, such a cheque or promissory note. / (law) A document on which summary judgment or provisional sentence may be granted.

(computing) A block of text included in the source code of a computer program in such a way that it is treated as a single string literal with line breaks etc. as written.

plural of here document

A real-time image capture device used to display an object to an audience.

(computing, programming, of source code) Written and structured in such a way that it can be understood without consulting separate documentation.

plural of document camera