Record types are a feature of Salesforce CRM that allow you to provide different sets of object picklists, different page layouts, and custom business processes to specific users based on their profile. Record types can be used in various ways, for example:
The record type called Master is always set for every object and contains all the picklist and process options. It is not, however, listed under the record types list and it can be assigned a record type for a profile, provided it is only assigned as a record type for that profile.
As each record type is assigned to one page layout type per profile, the numbers of page assignments can easily increase. This means that...