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Records and Files
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Total cards: 6•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026
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#1
Front (Question)
What is a data structure?
Back (Answer)
A data structure is a collection of elementary data types such as integer, real, Boolean, char or string.
#2
Front (Question)
What is a record?
Back (Answer)
A record is a data structure consisting of a number of fields which can be all of different types.
#3
Front (Question)
What is a field?
Back (Answer)
Single item of data in a record.
#4
Front (Question)
How are records held?
Back (Answer)
In tables in a database.
#5
Front (Question)
What is a file?
Back (Answer)
A file is able to store a collection of records.
#6
Front (Question)
What is a file known as if it has several text fields seperated by commas?
Back (Answer)
CSV, comma separated values file.