An object (such as a customer, item, or employee) that shares a set of defined attributes or characteristics, and that is used to manage rules for data.
— Computer ScienceIn Reporting Services, a logical collection of model items, including source fields, roles, folders, and expressions, presented in familiar business terms.
— Computer ScienceThe representation of all the instances of a particular record. When changes are made to a record type, those changes will affect all individual records of that type.
— Computer ScienceAn object that can be uniquely identified.
— Computer ScienceWithin the context of targeting, a term used to describe facilities, individuals, virtual (nontangible) things, equipment, or organizations.
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