log entries
Documented event notes
Log entries are individual records in a log—sequential documentation of events, actions, or observations.
Ship captains make log entries noting position and weather.
System administrators review log entries tracking server activity.
The term applies across contexts: personal journals, administrative records, and computer systems that automatically generate entries for debugging or auditing: The log entries showed unauthorized access at 3 a.m.
- diaryPersonal daily record
- journalRecord of daily events
- recordsStored data or albums
- timestampsRecorded times of events
- auditFormal accounts examination
audit trail · chronicle · paper trail · notes · documentation · tracking · database · server · server crash · system · errors · error messages · stack trace · debugging · debug mode · activity · monitoring · files
- ship timewatch, first watch, morning watch, dog watch, midwatch
- boring methodspaperwork, filing, form filling, busywork, rubber stamping