column

1 [database structures] An item in an attribute table.

2 [computing] The vertical dimension of a table. Each column stores the values of one type of attribute for all the records, or rows, in the table. All the values in a given column are of the same data type; for example, number, string, BLOB, or date.

3 [data models] A vertical group of cells in a raster, or pixels in an image.