Random access memory (RAM) definition

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Disclosure—preserving documents

Disclosure—preserving documents This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your matter is proceeding, you may also need to be mindful of additional provisions—see Court specific guidance below. Note: This Practice Note does not cover the provisions of the disclosure scheme operating in the Business and Property Courts where duties to preserve documents also apply. For guidance on that, see: Disclosure scheme—overview. Obligations CPR PD 31B, para 7, which deals with the disclosure of electronic documents, expressly requires a legal adviser to advise their client to preserve disclosable documents as soon as they are instructed to deal with a dispute; where the claim has, or is likely to be, allocated to the multi-track. In any event, putting in place processes whereby potentially disclosable documents are preserved is sensible where you would wish to have available to you any documents, which might affect the outcome of the case, where your client is obliged to...

Disclosure—technical glossary

Disclosure—technical glossary This Practice Note should be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Disclosure—introduction, or Disclosure Scheme (Business & Property Courts)—overview depending on which disclosure scheme is in operation in the court in which the claim is proceeding (see: Which disclosure rules apply to my claim—flowchart?). Term Definition Artificial Intelligence (AI) an artificial means of replicating thought processes of the human brain which can result in either extractive (summarising) or generative (creating) AI back-up tapes tapes which contain saved data. They are called 'back-up' because the information is copied onto the tapes and is available as a 'back-up'. Can also refer to any other method where data is regularly collected and stored separately for the purposes of risk management. See also incremental back-ups below bit and byte electronic data can be measured in bits, which refers to the space taken up. 8 bits = 1 byte. 1 byte is the equivalent of 1 character of text; 1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte ChatGPT an example of an AI tool launched...