The values in a row are related by the fact that they apply to a particular person. Because of this fact, the formal term for a table is a
relation[1]. This can cause some confusion because the word relation is also used informally to describe a relationship between two tables. The formal term for a column is an attribute or data element. The formal term for a row is a tuple. This almost makes sense if you think of a two-attribute relation as holding data pairs, a three-attribute relation as holding value triples, and a four-attribute relation as holding data quadruples. Beyond four items, mathematicians would say 5-tuple, 6-tuple, and so forth, hence the name tuple.
Do not confuse the formal term relation (meaning table) with the more general and less precise use of the term that means "related to" as in "these fields form a relation between these two tables". Similarly, do not confuse the formal term attribute with the less precise use that means "feature of" as in this field has the
required attribute.
Theoretically a relation does not impose any ordering on the tuples that it contains nor does it give an ordering to its attributes. Generally the orderings do not matter to mathematical database theory. In practice, however, database applications usually sort the records selected from a table in some manner to make it easier for the user to understand the results.
It is also a lot easier to write the program (and for the user to understand) if the order of the fields remains constant, so database products typically return fields in the order in which they were created in the table unless told otherwise.