What is an attribute in database

What is an attribute in database?, Define attribute in DBMS, What is the role of an attribute in a relational table? 

Attribute:

An attribute is a feature, property or characteristic of a real world entity. Attribute is a column in a relational table. For example, if you would like to store information about students personal details like name, gender, date of birth, phone etc., then each one is a property of every student. And each property is stored in an attribute defined appropriately and is part of students table.

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