For purposes of this Code:

1. 1. " Writings" and "recordings" consist of letters, words, or numbers, or their equivalent, set down by handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, magnetic impulse, mechanical or electronic recording, or other form of data compilation;
2. 2. " Photographs" include still photographs, x-ray films, video tapes, and motion pictures;
3. 3. A n "original" of a writing or recording is the writing or recording itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it. An "original" of a photograph includes the negative or any print therefrom. If data are stored in a computer or similar device, any print out or other output readable by sight, shown to reflect the data accurately, is an "original"; and
4. 4. A "duplicate" is a counterpart produced by the same impression as the original, or from the same matrix, or by means of photography, including enlargements and miniatures, or by mechanical or electronic rerecording, or by chemical reproduction, or by other equivalent technique including, but not limited to, storage and reproduction by means of an optical disk, or other forms of mass storage, electronic imaging, or electronic data processing, or a facsimile machine or similar device which reproduces documents transmitted over telephone lines, or similar devices or processes and which accurately reproduce the original.

Added by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1001, eff. October 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 222, § 1, eff. September 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1995, c. 135, § 1, eff. November 1, 1995.