For the top recorded performance, please see record (accomplishment); for the vinyl disc, see, please see vinyl record.
A record was a document or log that contained data.
Many organizations or cultures appointed a record keeper who specialized in maintaining particular types of information. (TNG: "Who Watches The Watchers"; DS9: "Cardassians")
Odo observed that Humans particularly liked to keep records. (DS9: "Necessary Evil")