A record, recording or records may refer to:

An item or collection of data

Computing

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 typ ...

, 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" or ...

Business record A business record is a document (hard copy or digital) that records an "act, condition, or event" related to business. Business records include meeting minutes, memoranda, employment contracts, and accounting source documents. It must be retrievab ...

, 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 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 jurisdic ...

, of a person's medical history and treatments **

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 **

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 optio ...

, information that has been filed or recorded by public agencies **

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 A service record is a collection of either electronic or printed material which provides a documentary history of a person's activities and accomplishments while serving as a member of a given organization. Service records are most often associ ...

, usually associated with military service **

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, not ...

, a verbatim ''record'' of some proceedings, in particular a court transcript is a record of a law court case or similar procedure *

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 th ...

, the body of archaeological evidence *

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 hist ...

, 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 picture A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

s, film, video, and television recordings *

Photography Photography is the 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 is employed ...

, photographic record *

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

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 recording te ...

Analogue recording Analog recording is a technique used for the recording of analog signals which, among many possibilities, allows analog audio for later playback. Analog audio recording began with mechanical systems such as the phonautograph and phonograph. L ...

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 de ...

Phonograph record A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), or simply a record, is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts nea ...

, a mechanical analog audio storage medium

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* ''Record'' (Tracey Thorn album) * ''Records'' (album), a 1982 album by rock band Foreigner *

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, 202 ...

, 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 * ''

Récord ''Récord'' is a Mexican daily sports newspaper. It follows a similar format as the Spanish newspaper Marca. Récord is owned by Notmusa. See also * List of newspapers in Mexico A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also ...

'', a Mexican daily sports newspaper * ''

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 ''The Public Record'' ...

'', a newspaper in Philadelphia published 1877–1947 * ''

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

Television

Record News Record News (formerly known as Rede Mulher) is the first 24-hour free-to-air terrestrial news channel in Brazil, and the third Brazilian news channel to be launched after GloboNews and BandNews TV. It is owned by RecordTV. History In 1953, ...

, the RecordTV's news channel 1 *

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 ...

, a Brazilian TV network located in São Paulo

Sports and skills

FC Rekord Aleksandrov FC Rekord Aleksandrov (russian: «Рекорд» (Александров)) was a Russian football team from Alexandrov. It played professionally in 1993 and 1994. Their best result was 20th place in Zone 4 of the Russian Second Division The Ru ...

, a former Russian association football club *

Rekord Irkutsk Rekord Irkutsk or DYuSSh Rekord (russian: «ДЮСШ Рекорд» Иркутск) is a bandy club from Irkutsk, Russia. It was founded in 1986. The club colours are black and blue. Rekord Irkutsk won the Bandy World Cup Women Bandy World Cup ...

, a Russian bandy club *

Rekord Stadium Rekord Stadium is a sports venue in Irkutsk. It is the home of Baykal-Energiya Baykal-Energiya (russian: Байкал-Энергия) is a bandy club from Irkutsk, Russia. The team plays in the Russian Bandy Super League, the highest level of R ...

, a sports arena in Irkutsk, Russia *

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: *

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 organization ...

, an unsurpassed accomplishment or statistic on world level

Other uses

Record (agricultural vehicles) Record A.E.B.E. (brand also spelled in Greek as Ρεκόρ) was the name of a Greek company producing agricultural machinery and vehicles, founded in Heraklion, Crete in 1957 and dissolved in 1999. Its products have included walking tractors (sin ...

, a Greek vehicle manufacturer *

Record (surname) Record is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Eugene Record Eugene Booker Record (December 23, 1940 – July 22, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was best known as the lea ...

Record (software) Record is a music software program developed by Swedish software developers Propellerhead Software. Designed for recording, arrangement and mixing, it emulates a recording studio, with a mixing desk, a rack of virtual instruments and effects and an ...

, a music recording program *

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 si ...

or RECORD, statement (The REporting of Studies Conducted Using Observational Routinely-Collected Health Data)