Field Record Database. It contains a list of records each of which consists of three fields. For example a student record includes a set of fields about one student.
When searching for data in a database you often specify the field name. A database management system dbms is used to obtain data from a database. A group of many fields is called a record and a field in a spreadsheet is known as a cell.
For example a telephone book is analogous to a file.
A primary key is a field that uniquely identifies each record in a file. A field is a specific piece of data a record is a total set of fields and a file is a group of records. An alternative concept in database design is known as hypertext. For example a phone book can be considered a file with a list of records.
