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.
  See Also:

  • upgrade
  • backward compatibility
  • records preservation strategy
  • software re-engineering
  • transformative migration
• 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.
• 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., 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., 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., 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., 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