Glossary definition(s) for: corruption
Dictionary definition(s) for: corruption
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n., A change in the form, content or attributes of a record such that the record one is accessing can no longer be considered the one that it purports to be.
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n., A change in data such that the data content received is not what was originally sent.
[ Arts - A Guide to Standards, Recommended Practices and Reference Literature Related to the Preservation of Documents of All Kinds - Glossary , Page: 50 ]
Boston, George, and Milton Keynes, eds.
Safeguarding the Documentary Heritage: A Guide to Standards, Recommended Practices and Reference Literature Related to the Preservation of Documents of All Kinds. Paris: UNESCO, 1998. Also available online at
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001126/112676eo.pdf.
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n., The act of doing something with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others; a fiduciary's or official's use of a station or office to procure some benefit either personally or for someone else, contrary to the rights of others.
[ Government - Black's Law Dictionary ]
Black's Law Dictionary. 8th ed. Edited by Bryan A.Garner and Henry Campbell Black. St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, 2004.
