record

CEFRA2

/ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/

noun · verb

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

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You should keep a record of your expenses.
The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.

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He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, pa...
He's the record doctor / Tell him your woes / He'll reach in his bag / And he'll give you a dose
2012, “Record Doctor”, performed by Saint Etienne
This chapter examines another data structure, the record (available in Pascal but not in all other high-level languages). Records make it easier to organize and represent information in Pascal, a major reason for the popularity of the Pascal[…]
1989, Elliot B. Koffman, Pascal: Problem Solving and Program Design, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 406
The new record type provides another solution. A record is a class-like construct for data classes, a restricted form of class like enums and annotations.
2020, Ian F. Darwin, Java Cookbook, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 232
A record is a special kind of class that's designed to work well with immutable (readonly) data.
2021, Joseph Albahari, C# 9.0 in a Nutshell, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 210

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From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.