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Gray vs. Grey Gray vs. Grey Gray vs. Grey By Maeve Maddox A reader asks, Would you please explain the variation in spelling of the word gray vs. grey? Short answer: gray is standard American spelling and grey is British spelling for the same color. The spellings have bounced back and forth. The Old English stem was spelled grÇ £g. According to the OED, †The variation between spellings in ei, ey, etc., and in ai, ay, etc., in later Middle English results from the general Middle English merger of the ei and ai diphthongs.† Examples of spellings that evolved from the merger are clay, gray, grey, and whey. In Dr. Johnson’s 1755 dictionary, the entry for the adjective is spelled gray: â€Å"white with a mixture of black.† A note in the OED describes an informal inquiry made in 1893 that found differences among the usage of British publishers: the printers of The Times stated that they always used the form gray; Messrs. Spottiswoode and Messrs. Clowes always used grey; other eminent printing firms had no fixed rule. Many correspondents said that they used the two forms with a difference of meaning or application: the distinction most generally recognized being that grey denotes a more delicate or a lighter tint than gray. Others considered the difference to be that gray is a ‘warmer’ colour, or that it has a mixture of red or brown.’ Various attempts have been made at different times to establish different colors for gray and grey. Here’s one from 1867: G. W. Samson Elem. Art Crit. v. i. 483.  Professional, if not primitive English usage has made a distinction between gray and grey. The spelling gray may with propriety be employed to designate admixtures in which simple black and white are employed. The form grey may indicate those admixtures which have the same general hue, but into which blue and its compounds more or less slightly enter. Individuals may prefer one spelling to the other, but the rule is, American spelling gray; British spelling grey. Note: The grey in greyhound has nothing to do with the animal’s color. The OED tells us that this grey is â€Å"apparently a first element cognate with Old Icelandic grey, â€Å"bitch.† The Old Icelandic word for a female dog is greyhundr. In English the word came to mean a particular kind of dog: A breed of fast-running, keen-sighted dog having a long slender body and head and long legs, long used in hunting and coursing, and now used in racing; a dog of this breed. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Misused Words category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:How Many Tenses in English?Proved vs. ProvenThe 7 Types of Possessive Case

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Discussion Board. Discussion BoardComputer Forensics and investigation Computer forensic is the investigation of the computers to carry out different required tasks. It is a wider concept related to the crimes happening in computer which is against the law. This technology enables the experts to have better access to accumulated information, to be more accurate in the identification of victims and it minimizes the wrongful accusations (Judd R. 2004).   The main purpose of using computer forensics in crime investigation is to ensure that the recovered information or data is valid and to ensure that no data is altered so that the original data can be used in the courts of law as evidences. It allows the forensic practitioners in the identification and analyzing of traces in a more objective manner. This method also efficiently searches a very large volume of data, assists in the interpretation of the results and contributes to generation of new knowledge and skills (Franke K.2007). The different forensic tools include PC Inspector File Recovery which is used to reveal information from computer storage media, Encase ® used in disk imaging and analysis of data, the Forensic Tool Kit developed by AccessData which enables the Computer Forensic Specialists to view all the files that are stored in the computer system and FTK Imager which is used in imaging and viewing the storage devices. The computer forensic personnel consist of the professionals who have the relevant certifications based on forensic curricula and competency examinations and who are able to use the modern investigative techniques. These computer forensic specialists investigate crimes which are committed using computers such as wire fraud, identity theft, child pornography homicide and others. They provide assistance to the law enforcement officers in the preparations of search warrants which lead to the seizing of computers. They also assist in collecting and processing evidence at the scenes of crime (Gallegos F. 2005). Conclusion Computer forensics becoming an important field and it requires one to possess well developed technical skills and legal knowledge. Very powerful software tools are used in this field.