Differences between a Physical document and an Online document

A document is an original or official written representation of information concerning a certain topic. Sometimes this may be about a person, place, idea, or just about anything. Usually it is physical papers or sometimes even shown through electronic devices such as the Internet(computer). There are many advantages and disadvantages of both physical and an online document. A physical document is written clarification defining or declaring anything. Usually the existence of these documents is to state the importance of a certain topic. The advantage of having a physical document is that it is most likely to be real and more professional since it is information that one knows clearly who or what they can refer back to about the information within the document. Whereas, the disadvantage is that sometimes when the document is lost or stolen, the published information would be difficult to get the same exact facts or news. On the other hand, the online document is valuable for that use, being able to work with since the information within a document can be saved and revised quickly and easily when needed to. But the disadvantage for documents found online is that sometimes it may not be published or real existing information. Depending on what kind of information is consisted within a document, it is very important where one can get a hold of the document. Both, physical and online documents are valuable and useful in different ways.