A record, recording or records may refer to:
An item or collection of data
Computing
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Record (computer science)
In computer science, a record (also called a structure, struct, or compound data) is a basic data structure. Records in a database or spreadsheet are usually called "rows".
A record is a collection of '' fields'', possibly of different data ...
, a data structure
** Record, or
row (database)
In the context of a relational database, a row—also called a tuple—represents a single, implicitly structured data item in a table. In simple terms, a database table can be thought of as consisting of ''rows'' and columns.Boot sector or boot record, record used to start an operating system
** Storage record In computer science{{citation needed, date=July 2016, a storage record is:
* A group of related data, words, or fields treated as a meaningful unit; for instance, a Name, Address, and Telephone Number can be a "Personal Record".
* A self-contained c ...
, a basic input/output structure
Documents
* Record, a document
A document is a written, drawn, presented, or memorialized representation of thought, often the manifestation of non-fictional, as well as fictional, content. The word originates from the Latin ''Documentum'', which denotes a "teaching" o ...
** Business record, of economic transactions
** Criminal record
A criminal record, police record, or colloquially RAP sheet (Record of Arrests and Prosecutions) is a record of a person's criminal history. The information included in a criminal record and the existence of a criminal record varies between coun ...
, a list of a person's criminal convictions
** Docket (court)
A docket in the United States is the official summary of proceedings in a court of law. In the United Kingdom in modern times it is an official document relating to delivery of something, with similar meanings to these two elsewhere. In the late ...
, the summary of proceedings in a court (US)
** Medical record
The terms medical record, health record and medical chart a