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From: Leith Peterson <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: September 5, 2001 1:27 PM
Subject: The Term "Capture"


>The term "capture" is appearing more and more in conversation and in
>the literature.  Most recently the word appeared in an email from
>Rick Barry to the Arcan-l listserv in connection with the Indiana
>University Electronic Records Project.  The sentence read in part:
>
>"the project...addresses the capture of electronic records from
>transaction-based systems"
>
>My question is, what exactly does "capture" mean?  I have heard it
>used in a number of different contexts and am unsure as to its
>essential meaning as a result.
>
>It is not included in the SAA archives glossary (1992), nor in the
>ARMA glossary (2000).  I checked on the web and the only definition I
>found was this one on the Webopedia tech glossary site:
>
>"To save a particularly state of a program.  The term capture often
>refers to saving the information currently displayed on a display
>screen.  You can caputre the screen to a printer or to a file.  The
>act of saving a display screen is called a screen capture.  Video
>capture refers to storing video images in a computer.
>
>The term capture is also used to describe the recording of keystrokes
>during the definition of a macro."
>
>Do you agree with this definition or do you have another (better)
>one?  I would appreciate comments on this.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Leith Peterson
>Archives/Records Consultant, London, Ontario

Your query raises  a number of issues and concerns that must be addressed in
a professional manner.  I do not have all they answers, but some of the same
concerns.  Review your spelling.  Some is incorrect - thus undermining your
professionalism and stopping you at the gate.

Regards,
Conval