A space in a database or a form allocated for a specific piece of data. Fields have type attributes such as numeric, character, date or logical, and can be varied in length. Fields are the smallest unit in a database. Forms contain many fields, each labeled with a "field name" designed to accept a particular piece of data. For example on registration forms, the areas allocated for first name, last name, street address, city, state, etc., are all fields.
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