recorded

adj 1: set down or registered in a permanent form especially on

film or tape for reproduction; "recorded music" [ant:

{live}]

2: made a matter of official record; "a properly recorded deed

to the property" [ant: {unrecorded}]

3: (of securities) having the owner's name entered in a

register; "recorded holders of a stock"

4: recorded or listed in a directory; "a recorded number"

record

An {ordered set} of {fields}. The term is

used in both files (where a record is also called a "line")

and {databases} (where it is also called a "row"). In a

{spreadsheet} it is always called a "row". In all these cases

the records represent different entities with different values

for the attributes represented by the fields.

Fields may be of a fixed width ({bit}s or {characters}) or

they may be separated by a {delimiter} character, often

{comma} ({CSV}) or {HT} ({TSV}).

The collection of all values of a given field from all records

is called a column.

(1999-07-05)