Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “What is a field?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)A field in a database is a single column of a table, storing a specific kind of information for every record; a field defines a characteristic of the object (e.g. name, age, date, or price) and has a data type that restricts what it can hold. **Key point:** the same field appears in every record of the table, keeping the information consistent - for example, an `Age` field stores every employee's age.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)ImageA field in a database is **a single column of a table**, storing a specific kind of information for every record. ### The main points 1. **Content**: a field defines a **characteristic of the object**, for example, a name, age, date, or price. 2. **Data type**: every field has a data type that restricts what it can hold, text, number, date, boolean, and so on. 3. **Repetition**: the same field appears in every record of the table, keeping the information consistent. 4. **Example**: in the "Employees" table, an `Age` field stores every employee's age, and a `Name` field stores their names. Put simply, **a field is a single characteristic of an object, recorded for every entry in the table**.For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.