Dictionary definition s for:   conversion
n., The process of transforming a digital document or other digital object from one format, or format version, to another one. [General Dictionaries ]
n., The process of changing something from one form or medium to another, while leaving the intellectual content unchanged. [Archives - Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records , Page: 113 ]
  • Duranti, Luciana, Terry Eastwood, and Heather MacNeil. Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
    • n., A change from one form to another. Umbrella term that includes migration, refreshment, reproduction, etc. [Archives - Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records ]
  • Duranti, Luciana, Terry Eastwood, and Heather MacNeil. Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
    • n., [data conversion] Changing the representation of data in a database from one form to another, as for instance changing the storage medium, data format, or the code in which the data is held. [Arts - Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) ]
  • J. Paul Getty Trust. Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT). Los Angeles, CA: J. Paul Getty Trust, 2005. http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_reseach/vocabularies/aat/
    • n., The process of changing the representation of information to a form which is usable by a computer, e.g. converting it to machine 'language'. [Computer and Information Sciences - Harrod’s Librarians’ Glossary and Reference Book ]
  • Harrod’s Librarians’ Glossary and Reference Book. 9th ed. Edited by Raymond John Prytherch. Brookfield, Vt.: Gower, 2000.
    • v., To move data to a different format, especially data from an obsolete format to a current format; migration. [Computer and Information Sciences - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
  • Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
    • n., Process of changing records from one medium to another or from one format to another. [General Dictionaries - 15489-1 , Page: 2 ]
  • International Organization for Standardization. Information and Documentation: Records Management . 15489-1. Part 1. Geneva: ISO, 2001.
    • n., (in equity) The changing (either actually or fictionally) of one kind of property into another. [Government - A Dictionary of Law ]
  • A Dictionary of Law. 4th ed. Edited by Elizabeth A. Martin. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Also available online at http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t49.e125.
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