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).
  • File: A concatenation of associated records.
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