电子档案是在电子计算机中产生和处理,其信息形态是数字化的。人们在电子计算机屏幕或打印纸上看到的文字、图形等构成的电子文件形态,只不过是电子文件的某种输出形式而已。而在电子计算机内部,无论是传输还是存储等处理,电子档案均以数字编码的形式存在。 Electronic files are generated and processed in electronic computers and their information forms are digitized. The forms of electronic documents that people can read on computer screen or printing paper are just some form of output of electronic documents. In the electronic computer, whether it is transmission or storage and other processing, electronic files are in the form of digital coding.