
		 This is the name of a field in the data.   Each record is made up of fields, which form columns when you look at the data in a printed ledger.  Each field or column has a name.   

EXAMPLE: If employees have phone numbers, room numbers, and last names, then you expect a table describing employees to have fields called phone_number,
room_number, and last_name.  

Usually the field names will be meaningful in some way -- they will be at least an abbreviation of the name of the information stored in the field, like PN for property number.
	
