(1) Pronounced "reck-erd," a group of related fields that store data about a subject (master record) or activity (transaction record). A collection of records make up a file.
Master records contain permanent data, such as account number, and variable data, such as balance due. Transaction records contain only permanent data, such as quantity and product code. See master file and transaction file for examples of record contents.
(2) In certain disk organization methods, a record is a block of data read and written at one time without any relationship to records in a file.
Master records contain permanent data, such as account number, and variable data, such as balance due. Transaction records contain only permanent data, such as quantity and product code. See master file and transaction file for examples of record contents.
(2) In certain disk organization methods, a record is a block of data read and written at one time without any relationship to records in a file.
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