File oak
A file body (not to be confused with a file body ) is the colloquial term for the data on a person , a thing or a fact that is contained in files , lists , statistics and the like - and, since the advent of electronic data processing, especially in files and databases , called database bodies there - be continued although there is no or no longer a reason for their inclusion in the respective compilation. According to Duden , the term is used jokingly for an index card "whose keyword no longer corresponds to a real person or thing, no longer an actual process", as well as for a "registered but not active member of an organization".
A register file is understood to mean an inactive case or administrative process that does not (or no longer) corresponds to the actual circumstances and possibly contributes to a falsification of the validity of statistics. In addition to a lack of care in the management of databases, another reason for continuing such cases can be, for example, the intention to increase financial benefits that are calculated on the basis of the size of the database, for example per capita (e.g. as a subsidy per inhabitant of a city or Member of an association).
In the literature , the subject of card files was taken up by Nikolaj Gogol in his novel The Dead Souls .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ File oak, the. In: Duden online. Retrieved November 27, 2018 .
