record - technical definition

(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.

(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.

(3) Pronounced "ruh-kord," to capture audio or video on a tape, disk or electronic recording device.