Log file
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The term log file can refer to:
Also see Wikibooks chapter Log Files and Auditing
- Text saved by a computer operating system to recored its activities, such as by the Unix syslogSyslogSyslog is a standard for computer data logging. It allows separation of the software that generates messages from the system that stores them and the software that reports and analyzes them...
facility - Output produced by a data loggerData loggerA data logger is an electronic device that records data over time or in relation to location either with a built in instrument or sensor or via external instruments and sensors. Increasingly, but not entirely, they are based on a digital processor...
Also see Wikibooks chapter Log Files and Auditing