1. A set of data treated as a unit.
2. To write data on a medium, such as magnetic tape, magnetic disk, or optical disk.
3. In PCS (personal communications services), a string of bytes within an extended frame (EF) handled as a single entity. [After T1.707-1998]

1. A telecommunications process that produces an electronic message that is transmitted, received, stored or archived, and may be retrieved.
2. A telecommunications process, that produces a hard copy record of the transmission, such as a teletypewriter printout or a facsimile printout.
3. Any transmission of intelligence which is reduced to visual record form at the point of reception. [47CFR]

All forms (e.g., narrative, graphic, data, computer memory) of information registered in either temporary or permanent form so that it can be retrieved, reproduced, or preserved. [JP1]

1. The physical medium on which information is stored in recoverable form.
2. In facsimile transmission, the physical medium on which the recorder forms an image of the object, i.e., creates the recorded copy.
Note: The record medium and the record sheet may be identical. Synonym record sheet.

The number that identifies a record within an extended frame (EF). [After T1.707-1998]

The pointer which is used to address one record in an extended frame (EF). [After T1.707-1998]

Synonym record medium.

1. Traffic that is recorded, in permanent or quasipermanent form, by the originator, the addressee, or both.
2. Traffic that is permanently or semipermanently recorded in response to administrative procedures or public law.

A half-second burst of 1400 Hz applied to a telephone line every 15 seconds to indicate to the called party that the calling party is recording the conversation.
Note: The recorder warning tone is required by law to be generated as an integral part of any recording device used for the purpose and is required to be not under the… (Read More →)

Synonym bit density.