Digital forensics

Exchangeable image file format (officially Exif, according to JEIDA/JEITA/CIPA specifications) is a standard that specifies formats for images, sound, and ancillary tags used by digital cameras (including smartphones), scanners and other systems handling image and sound files recorded by digital cameras. The specification uses the following existing encoding formats with the addition of specific metadata tags: JPEG lossy coding for compressed image files, TIFF Rev. 6.0 (RGB or YCbCr) for uncompressed image files, and RIFF WAV for audio files (linear PCM or ITU-T G.711 μ-law PCM for uncompresse

branch of forensic science

evidential information stored or transmitted in digital form

discovery in legal proceedings where the information sought is in electronic format (often referred to as electronically stored information or ESI)

subfield of IT forensics

sub-branch of digital forensics

used gaining read-only access to computer hard drives without damaging the contents. Commonly used in investigations.