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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /rəˈk.ɔːrdz/
- /rɪˈk.ɔːdz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /rəˈk.ɔːrdz/

Definitions of records word

abbreviation Technical meaning of RECORDS record 3
noun Definition of records in Technology (data, database, programming) An ordered set of fields, usually stored contiguously. The term is used with similar meaning in several different contexts. In a file, a "record" probably has some fixed length, in contrast to a "line" which may have any length and is terminated by some End Of Line sequence). A database record is also called a "row". In a spreadsheet it is always called a "row". Some programming languages use the term to mean a type composed of fields of several other types (C calls this a "struct"). In all these cases, a record represents an entity with certain field values. Fields may be of a fixed width (bits or characters) or they may be separated by a delimiter character, often comma (CSV) or HT (TSV). In a database the list of values of a given field from all records is called a column. 1
noun plural records information or data on a specific subject collected methodically over a long period 0
noun records plural of record. 0
verb records third-person singular simple present indicative form of record. 0

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Parts of speech for Records

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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records popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Top questions with records

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