Log File

The term log file can refer to:

  • In computer data logging, the file to which a computer system writes a record of its activities.
  • Output produced by a data logger

Also see Wikibooks chapter Log Files and Auditing

Famous quotes containing the words log and/or file:

    “Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 7:3.

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