recording

nouns

a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded
is a type of (narrower)
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
"signals from the boat suddenly stopped"
the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
"she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"
is derived from
a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded
is a type of (narrower)
a device that preserves information for retrieval