What is Vim recording and how can it be disabled?

Question

I keep seeing the recording message at the bottom of my gVim 7.2 window.

What is it and how do I turn it off?

Answer 1

You start recording by q and you can end it by typing q again.

Recording is a really useful feature of Vim.

It records everything you type. You can then replay it simply by typing @. Record search, movement, replacement...

One of the best feature of Vim IMHO.