What is the unit of data consisting of one or more characters called?
What is the unit of data consisting of one or more characters called?
(A) Record
(B) Field
(C) File
(D) Character
According to the data hierarchy of computer science, a unit of data comprising of one or more characters (e.g. a name, an ID number or a date) is a Field.
Field: The unit of data that a user is accustomed to access and operate on; it is a combination of one or more associated characters or bytes.
Character: A single letter, number or symbol (a byte).
Record: A group of fields (e.g. all the information of one student).