Documents  Manufacturers, Traders, Suppliers

The term document is derived from the Latin word documentum, meaning document, and from the word docere, meaning docere, which means teachings.In general, the term documents is used today to describe important documents of documentary importance. In particular, this usually means certain documents as official documents, documents relating to a private (for example marriage certificates, master certificates), public or official matter. The term document is also often used to express a documentary reference unit. Any carrier can record important information. Contemporary testimonies are documents as well as the statements of contemporary witnesses of a certain historical time, an event. The statement or statements of the contemporary of a historical person are also usually referred to as documents. In the past, documents were usually received on paper. More and more documents are now stored digitally. Such documents are preserved in libraries, archives, museums, courts or universities. Films, visual sound carriers and audio-visual media are increasingly regarded as documents. In this case, Main speaks of sound carriers. Photos can also have the character of documents.