records

Noun

record (plural records)

1. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
   • The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
2. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
   • We have no record of you making this payment to us.

   Synonyms:

   log

3. (broadly, informal) A music album; broadly, any music released as a single, EP, etc.

   Synonyms:

   disc, phonograph record, vinyl

4. A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
   • Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?
5. A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
   • This chapter examines another data structure, the record (available in Pascal but not in all other high-level languages). Records make it easier to organize and represent information in Pascal, a major reason for the popularity of the Pascal[…]1989, Elliot B. Koffman, Pascal: Problem Solving and Program Design, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 406
6. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
   • The heat and humidity were both new records.

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