Records

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   <data, database, programming> An {ordered set} of {fields},
   usually stored contiguously.  The term is used with similar
   meaning in several different contexts.  In a file, a "record"
   probably has some fixed length, in contrast to a "line" which
   may have any length and is terminated by some {End Of Line}
   sequence).  A {database} record is also called a "row".  In a
   {spreadsheet} it is always called a "row".  Some programming
   languages use the term to mean a type composed of fields of
   several other types ({C} calls this a "{struct}").

   In all these cases, a record represents an entity with certain
   field values.

   Fields may be of a fixed width ({bits} or {characters}) or
   they may be separated by a {delimiter} character, often
   {comma} ({CSV}) or {HT} ({TSV}).

   In a database the list of values of a given field from all
   records is called a column.

   (2002-03-22)