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Unallocated Space

(1) areas on storage media which a file system has marked as available for use for data storage; (2) the portions of storage media that are unassigned external to a file system. DISCUSSIONThe area may already contain previously stored infor- mation. Also referred to as free space.

Committee

Facial and Iris Identification

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ANSI/ASTM E2916-19e1 Standard Terminology for Digital and Multimedia Evidence Examination. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2019. Source link

Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org