
A written, field by field description of the data contained in a record, typically describing each field as to its length, beginning and ending positions, name, editing characteristics and data format (I.e. character, hex, packed, etc.).
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21134

Description covering the entire record length to denote where on a tape each part (or field) of the record appears, such as name, local address, city, state, ZIP code, and other relevant data.
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http://www.nmoa.org/Library/index.htm
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