rk, possibly created for a purpose or use other than the one originally intended. [General Dictionaries] 
n.,
n.,
  A digital document perceived as existing by the user, but not existing in the system as seen. [General Dictionaries] 
n., The characteristics of an entity as perceived by the user, regardless of how they have been physically represented in a database. Thus an employee would have one virtual record, but may have numerous physical records linked together to accommodate repeating addresses, jobs 