record vs text file

record

noun
  • A set of data relating to a single individual or item. 

  • The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events. 

  • An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. 

  • A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data. 

  • Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference. 

verb
  • To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium. 

  • To give legal status to by making an official public record. 

  • To make a record of information. 

  • To make an audio or video recording of. 

  • To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording. 

adj
  • Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; extreme. 

text file

noun
  • A data file containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting 

  • A data file in a character encoding that allows it to be read in non-specialised text editor. 

How often have the words record and text file occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )