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Definition: record


(1) Pronounced "ruh-kord," to capture audio or video and store it on magnetic tape, magnetic disk or a solid state drive. See magnetic tape, magnetic disk, SSD and tape.

(2) Pronounced "reck-erd," a group of related and adjacent fields of data about a subject or transaction. A collection of records makes up a simple flat file or a database file, the latter a more complex format. See flat file, relational database and master file.

(3) Pronounced "reck-erd," an analog audio recording pressed into a vinyl disc. Early 78 RPM records were a mixture of shellac, cotton, slate and wax. Records were also known as "phonograph records" or "gramophone records." See LP and phonograph record.