record

1. A data structure having a fixed number of components. Each component is called a member. Members can have the same or different data types.

See also input record, record member, screen record.

2. In uppercase, RECORD is the keyword for defining a program record in 4GL. The RECORD data type is a structured data type. In 4GL, all members of the record are accessed by listing the record name followed by the member name, with a period ( . ) separating them.

See also asterisk notation, program record, structured data type.

3. In some database terminologies, a term used for a row.

See also row.