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85 Examples of Documents

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A document is a self-contained recording of written or visual information. This can be a digital item such as a file or a physical item such as a letter. Documents are informational. This can be contrasted with media such as an image or video that tend to be more visual, entertaining, artistic or social. The following are common examples of documents.
Account Statements
Action Plans
Appraisals
Architectural Designs
Audits
Best Practices
Bills
Blueprints
Bonds
Brochures
Business Analysis (e.g. GAP analysis document)
Business Plans
Catalogues
Certificates
Charters
Constitutions
Contracts
Course Descriptions
Deeds
Designs
Diplomas
Employee Handbooks
Employment Contracts
Engineering Reports
Estimates
Evaluations
Executive Orders
Financial Statements
Forms
Goals & Objectives
Guarantees
Guides
Handbooks
Handouts
Infographics
Inquiries
Instructions
Investigation Reports
Invoices
Job Descriptions
Laws
Lessons
Letters
Licenses
Lists
Manuals
Manuscripts
Maps
Meeting Agendas
Meeting Minutes
Memos
Newsletters
Orders
Passports
Performance Goals
Performance Reviews
Plans
Policies
Presentations
Press Releases
Procedures
Project Plans
Proof of Ownership / Registration
Proposals
Regulations
Reports
Request for Proposal
Requirements
Research Papers
Resumes
Sales Quotations
School Activities
Specifications
Standards
Stock Certificates
Strategies
Task Trackers
Technical Documentation (e.g. API Documentation)
Tenders (i.e. for a bidding process)
Terms of Service
Web Pages
White Papers
Wills
Worksheets
Written Warnings

Document vs File

Digital documents are files but not all files are documents. For example, a file can contain code, databases, logs, media and a wide range of other data that aren't documents.

Document vs Data

A document can contain data. However, data can also be contained in other things such as a database, system or software application.
Overview: Documents
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Definition
A self-contained recording of written or visual information.
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