Re: [sleuthkit-users] Re: sleuthkit-users digest, Vol 1 #121 - 1 msg

[Angus M. <an...@n-...>]

On Tuesday 02 March 2004 03:06, Ëﲨ wrote:
> Dear all!
> 	I am really confusing some phrases in the computer forensics field. And
> there is little articals talking about that. :( The most confusing is
> between "computer forensics" and "forensic computing", "computer forensic"
> and "computer forensics". Anybody could tell me the diffrence? Thanks a
> lot!
> Bob

The three phrases seem to be used interchangeably. Being pedantic, Forensic 
Computing is correct as "forensic" is an adjective used to mean "relating to 
courts or law". However, forensic computing in that sense could also relate 
to the application of any computing technique to a part of the legal process.

Personally, I prefer to talk about digital evidence recovery, DE analysis and 
DE presentation to distinguish between parts of the process.