digital evidence
pl. uncountable
Commonality score: 2 (Common)
Translations
- Arabic: الأدلة الرقمية
- Chinese (Mandarin): 数字证据
- French: preuve numérique
- German: digitale Beweise
- Hindi: डिजिटल साक्ष्य
- Japanese: デジタル証拠
- Korean: 디지털 증거
- Polish: dowód cyfrowy
- Portuguese: prova digital
- Russian: цифровые доказательства
- Spanish: evidencia digital
- Thai: หลักฐานดิจิทัล
- Turkish: dijital delil
- Vietnamese: bằng chứng số
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Noun type
Abstract Noun: ""Digital evidence" is an abstract noun because it refers to data or information stored or transmitted in digital form that can be used in legal proceedings. It is a conceptual category of proof — while the data may exist on physical devices, the term itself describes its evidentiary value, not its form.
It is uncountable when referring to the concept: “Digital evidence is increasingly vital in criminal investigations.” It can be countable when referencing distinct items or files: “The hard drive contained several pieces of digital evidence.”
It is a compound noun: digital (from Latin digitalis, “of the finger,” later associated with binary technology) + evidence (from Latin evidentia, “clearness”).
Definition/s
- The suspect’s phone contained digital evidence of their involvement.
- Digital evidence is now central in cases of cybercrime and online fraud.
- Investigators collected digital evidence from the cloud server.
Examples
- The suspect’s phone contained digital evidence of their involvement.
- Digital evidence is now central in cases of cybercrime and online fraud.
- Investigators collected digital evidence from the cloud server.