In a bibliographic record, for example, one field contains publication data, another physical description, etc. The same thing as a Line number, typically 3 characters, beginning with 001 and ending 999. A special character that indicates the end of a field. On most screens, it appears as the symbol. A marker, found in certain positions of fixed and variable fields, that indicates where a valid character must be entered before the system will accept that field.
Fill characters appear on workforms.
A field in a machine-readable record in which each element, or unit of data, is limited to a prescribed size, content, and position in the record. Format In its widest sense, a particular physical presentation of an item. Frontispiece An illustration preceding the title page of a book and usually on the verso of the half title page. See AACR2r98 for authorized list of terms. A title of a publication appearing on a leaf preceding the title page.