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 ...

, 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 ...

, 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 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 **

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 opti ...

, 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 interest ...

, the act of documenting real estate transactions ** Service record, usually associated with military service ** Transcript (law), 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 ...

, 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 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 *

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 i ...

, photographic record * Video recording, 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 ...

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. ...

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 d ...

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 ne ...

, 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, 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 * ''

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 als ...

'', 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/hist ...

'', the USA's oldest college humor magazine, operated out of New Haven, Connecticut

Television

* Record News, the RecordTV's news channel 1 * RecordTV, a Brazilian TV network located in São Paulo

Sports and skills

* FC Rekord Aleksandrov, a former Russian association football club * Rekord Irkutsk, a Russian bandy club * Rekord Stadium, 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 ...

, 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 organizati ...

, an unsurpassed accomplishment or statistic on world level

Other uses

* Record (agricultural vehicles), a Greek vehicle manufacturer * Record (surname) * Record (software), a music recording program * Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology or RECORD, statement (The REporting of Studies Conducted Using Observational Routinely-Collected Health Data)