source document

British  

noun

1. a document that has been or will be transcribed to a word processor or to the memory bank of a computer

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Example Sentences

I think of each poem like a primary source document of what I’ve learned along the way, to get to that life that I believe I can build for myself, that life I deserve … for me to remember what it was like to learn what I needed to forge my own escape when escape seemed unfathomable.

From Seattle Times

I don’t know how accurate it is, because I looked for the source document and couldn’t find it.

From The Verge

Guided by the notion, Seubert explains, “that sound recordings were a primary source document that was important to historical research, the same way as newspapers and photographs and journals,” academic libraries at institutions including Stanford, Yale, the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress also committed to archiving physical recordings.

From Los Angeles Times

It appears no one bothered to look back at the original source document.

From Washington Post

“It’s very rare that you come across a major primary source document that changes the way you view everything, and this is one of those times. This is a 116-page strategy manual hidden away on a website explaining at least what a section of the religious right are doing in the United States. To me that’s astounding.”

From The Guardian