The part of a database that holds only one type of information is called a field. A field is the smallest unit in a database and stores a single piece of data, such as a name, ID number, or date. Fields are organized into records, which contain all the fields related to one entity (e.g., one employee's details)

. In database tables, each field has a defined data type (such as integer, character, date, etc.) that specifies what kind of information it can hold

. This ensures that a field holds only one type of information consistently.