Charge sheet: The report of investigation to be submitted to the court by the police station, which presents the conclusion of investigation and which precedes a formal trial and indictment. It is a formal charge of having committed a criminal offense.

IT Act: An act in India to provide legal recognition for transactions carried out by means of electronic data interchange and other means of electronic communication commonly referred to as “electronic commerce”

Subjudice: A matter that is still under consideration by a court.

ISP: Internet Service Provider

Examination: The crime scene examination and subsequent search

IP: Short for Internet protocol it specifies the format of packets, also called datagrams,
and the addressing scheme.

Packet: A piece of a message transmitted over a packet-switching network.

Packet switching: Refers to protocols in which messages are divided into packets before they are sent. Each packet is then transmitted individually and can even follow different routes to its destination. Once all the packets forming a message arrive at the destination, they are recompiled into the original message.

Node: In networks, a processing location. A node can be a computer or some other device, such as a printer.

Log: To record an action. For example, to enter a record into a log file.

Report of Class B: Report of the investigating officer submitted to the concerned magistrate showing the case not being established under section 173 of the CRPC.