What is the definition of 'record'?

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record # ## An account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge. ## Something on which such an account is based. ## Something that records: a fossil record. # Information or data on a particular subject collected and preserved: the coldest day on record. # The known history of performance, activities, or achievement: your academic record; hampered by a police record. # An unsurpassed measurement: a world record in weightlifting; a record for cold weather. # Computer Science. A collection of related, often adjacent items of data, treated as a unit. # Law. ## An account officially written and preserved as evidence or testimony. ## An account of judicial or legislative proceedings written and preserved as evidence. ## The documents or volumes containing such evidence. # ## A disk designed to be played on a phonograph. ## Something, such as magnetic tape, on which sound or visual images have been recorded. idioms: go on record # To embrace a certain position publicly: go on record in favor of the mayor's reelection.off the record # Not for publication: The senator told the reporters that his remarks were strictly off the record. on record # Known to have been stated or to have taken a certain position: The senator's opposition to the new legislation is on record.