Field Record File Database. Your name your id your salary in the field etc. A space provided for a particular item of information or a combination of one or more characters is called field it.
A field is a combination of one or more related characters or bytes and is the smallest unit of data a user accesses. For example a field in a database may ask for a company s name tax identification number or income. Logically related records or files.
It contains a list of records each of which consists of three fields.
The data stored in a database is independent of the application programs using it. Name address and telephone number. Fields can be required optional or calculated. Is the smallest unit of data in database that can be accessed by the user the name of each field in a record is unique for example.
