What is a field in computer terminology?

Answer 1

A field is a structure in a database. If you have a database that is storing information about people, you are likely to have headings like First name, Surname, Date of Birth, Gender, and so on. Each of these are fields in the database. All the Dates of Birth that you enter will be in the Date of Birth field, so you can easily find them and combine with data from other fields, if you are looking for more information, like someone's name and Date of Birth, or a list of all the names of people who have a birthday in a certain month. You know that to get this, you need to use the Date of Birth field.