The physical layout of data. Data fields, memo fields, fixed length fields, variable length fields, records, word processing documents, spreadsheets, data files, database tables and indexes are all ...

The fundamental data structure in a data processing system. Any unit of data defined for processing is a data element; for example, ACCOUNT NUMBER, NAME, ADDRESS and CITY. A data element is defined by ...

Business information is mostly generated by systems or people. Data from systems is most likely to be structured. In its traditional format, this is most typified by data in relational databases that ...