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
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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
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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".
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, 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 ...
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
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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)
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Medical record
The terms medical record, health record and medical chart are used somewhat interchangeably to describe the systematic documentation of a single patient's medical history and care across time within one particular health care provider's jurisdict ...
, of a person's medical history and treatments
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Minutes
Minutes, also known as minutes of meeting (abbreviation MoM), protocols or, informally, notes, are the instant written record of a meeting or hearing. They typically describe the events of the meeting and may include a list of attendees, a state ...
, a summary of the proceedings at a meeting
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Public records
Public records are documents or pieces of information that are not considered confidential and generally pertain to the conduct of government.
For example, in California, when a couple fills out a marriage license application, they have the opt ...
, information that has been filed or recorded by public agencies
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Recording (real estate)
The vast majority of states in the United States employ a system of recording legal instruments (otherwise known as deeds registration) that affect the title of real estate as the exclusive means for publicly documenting land titles and interests ...
, the act of documenting real estate transactions
** Service record, usually associated with military service
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Transcript (law)
A transcript is a written record of spoken language. In court proceedings, a transcript is usually a record of all decisions of the judge, and the spoken arguments by the litigants' lawyers. A related term used in the United States is docket, ...
, a verbatim ''record'' of some proceedings, in particular a court transcript is a record of a law court case or similar procedure
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Archaeological record
The archaeological record is the body of physical (not written) evidence about the past. It is one of the core concepts in archaeology, the academic discipline concerned with documenting and interpreting the archaeological record. Archaeological ...
, the body of archaeological evidence
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Recorded history
Recorded history or written history describes the historical events that have been recorded in a written form or other documented communication which are subsequently evaluated by historians using the historical method. For broader world hi ...
, a record of events that has been made for thousands of years in one form or another, e.g., oral, photographic, or written
Images
* Moving pictures, film, video, and television recordings
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Photography
Photography is the visual art, art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It i ...
, photographic record
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Video recording
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) system ...
, of both images and sounds
Sound
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Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recordin ...
Digital recording
In digital recording, an audio or video signal is converted into a stream of discrete numbers representing the changes over time in air pressure for audio, or chroma and luminance values for video. This number stream is saved to a storage ...
Records (song)
"Records" is a song by the American rock band Weezer, released on June 16, 2022, as the first single from the second of their planned 2022 series of four extended plays '' SZNZ: Summer''.
Release
"Records" was released as a single on June 16, 2 ...
, a 2022 song by Weezer
Periodicals
* ''Record'' (magazine), the official church paper of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists
* ''Record'' (newspaper), a Portuguese daily sports newspaper
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Récord
''Récord'' is a Mexican daily sports newspaper. It follows a similar format as the Spanish newspaper Marca Marca may refer to:
Places
* Marca, Sălaj, a commune in Sălaj County, Romania
* Marca, a tributary of the Barcău in Sălaj County, R ...
'', a Mexican daily sports newspaper
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The Philadelphia Record
''The Philadelphia Record'' was a daily newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1877 until 1947. It became among the most circulated papers in the city and was at some points the circulation leader.
History
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'', a newspaper in Philadelphia published 1877–1947
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The Yale Record
''The Yale Record'' is the campus humor magazine of Yale University. Founded in 1872, it became the oldest humor magazine in the world when ''Punch'' folded in 2002."History", The Yale Record, March 10, 2010. http://www.yalerecord.com/about/histo ...
'', the USA's oldest college humor magazine, operated out of New Haven, Connecticut
RecordTV
RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the adverti ...
Win–loss record (pitching)
In baseball and softball, a win–loss record (also referred to simply as a record) indicates the number of wins (denoted "W") and losses (denoted "L") credited to a pitcher. For example, a 20–10 win–loss record would represent 20 wins and 10 ...
, the number of wins and losses a baseball pitcher has accumulated
Some sports clubs take their name from this word:
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World record
A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book '' Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizati ...
, an unsurpassed accomplishment or statistic on world level
Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology The STROBE ''(STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology)'' Statement is a reporting guideline including a checklist of 22 items that are considered essential for good reporting of observational studies. It was published s ...
or RECORD, statement (The REporting of Studies Conducted Using Observational Routinely-Collected Health Data)