DBMS: Record (Definitions)

"A group of related fields (columns) of information treated as a unit. A record is more commonly called a row in a SQL database." (Microsoft Corporation, "SQL Server 7.0 System Administration Training Kit", 1999)

"A row in a database table." (Bill Pribyl & Steven Feuerstein, "Learning Oracle PL/SQL", 2001)

"An aggregation of values of data organized by their relation to a common key." (William H Inmon, "Building the Data Warehouse", 2005)

"In relational databases, a single instance in a table. In the context of hierarchical and network databases, a record is a data structure." (Sharon Allen & Evan Terry, "Beginning Relational Data Modeling" 2nd Ed., 2005)

"A repetition of a field structure across a table. Records repeat field structure in a table, where each repeated field can (and sometimes should) have a different value. Tables are divided into fields and records. Fields impose structure and datatype specifics onto each of the field values, in each record." (Gavin Powell, "Beginning Database Design", 2006)

"This is a group of related fields containing information about a single entity." (Joseph L Jorden & Dandy Weyn, "MCTS Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Implementation and Maintenance Study Guide - Exam 70-431", 2006)

"A grouping of information typically returned from a query or other database operation. It can consist of data from only one table or be an aggregation of information dispersed among many tables" (Robert D Schneider and Darril Gibson, "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies", 2008)

"In a file processing system, a collection of data that describes one instance of an entity." (Jan L Harrington, "Relational Database Design and Implementation" 3rd Ed., 2009)

"A group of data items treated as a unit by an application; a row in a database table." (Toby J Teorey, ", Database Modeling and Design" 4th Ed., 2010)

"A collection of related (logically connected) fields." (Carlos Coronel et al, "Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management 9th Ed", 2011)

"Related characters combined into a field or related fields, such as vendor name, address, and account data." (Linda Volonino & Efraim Turban, "Information Technology for Management 8th Ed", 2011)

"A set of related data values in a file or stream, often associated with a unique key field." (Jon Orwant et al, "Programming Perl" 4th Ed., 2012)

"The physical representation of data about an instance in a flat file." (Craig S Mullins, "Database Administration: The Complete Guide to DBA Practices and Procedures 2nd Ed", 2012)

"A unit of data that typically contains keys and attributes" (Daniel Linstedt & W H Inmon, "Data Architecture: A Primer for the Data Scientist", 2014)

"A collection of related data items." (Adam Gordon, "Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK" 4th Ed., 2015)

"A collection of related fields in a table. In Excel, each record goes into a separate row." (E C Nelson & Stephen L Nelson, "Excel Data Analysis For Dummies ", 2015)

"A row in a table, storing information about a specific person, place, or thing." (Faithe Wempen, "Computing Fundamentals: Introduction to Computers", 2015)

"In a relational database, a single set of values in a table. For example, a particular student’s data would be contained in a record in the Students table. Also called rows or tuples." (Rod Stephens, "Beginning Software Engineering", 2015)

"A collection of related fields that make up a single database entry" (Nell Dale & John Lewis, "Computer Science Illuminated" 6th Ed., 2015)