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In computing, a collection of related data items or fields. A record usually forms part of a file. Records may be of either fixed or variable length; variable records require a separator at the end of the field, in order that the end of the record can be detected by the computer.



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"The only record I have with me," explained the phonograph, "is one the Magician attached just before we had our quarrel.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
The memory may hold record of everything, as it is believed, but it will not be easily entreated to give up its facts, and I find myself striving in vein to recall the things that I must have read that year in the country.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Bruff thinks as I think, that the whole story ought, in the interests of truth, to be placed on record in writing--and the sooner the better.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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