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An electronic form used to collect data. An instrument can have one of two configurations: an data collection form or a survey.

### Data Collection Form (DCI or Instrument) {#sec-begin-vocab-general-form}
### Data Collection Form {#sec-begin-vocab-general-form}

Instrument used to collect data from behind the REDCap login. To enter data using a data collection form, individuals must login to REDCap using their username and password.

### Survey {#sec-begin-vocab-general-survey}

Instrument used to collect data without a REDCap login. Surveys are most often used to collect data from research participants and/or patients. Surveys can have a unique link for each participant or a generic public survey link.

### Event {#sec-begin-vocab-general-event}

A REDCap _event_ is a nested inside a [record](vocab.md#sec-begin-vocab-general-record),
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