17 Overview to Records

This chapter contains these topics:

17.1 Objectives

  • To understand how to manage records

17.2 About Records

A record is a collection of related, consecutive fields of data that the system treats as a single unit of information. The system differentiates each record with a unique number. When you know the number of the record, you can directly access that particular record. A query program allows you to search the system for a specific record when you do not know the number of the record.

Complete the following:

  • Search for an Address Book record

  • Work with a record