Log file
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The term log file can refer to:
  • Text saved by a computer operating system to recored its activities, such as by the Unix syslog
    Syslog
    Syslog 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...

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  • Output produced by a data logger
    Data logger
    A 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
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