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{{Short description|Chronological record of computer data processing operations}}

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In the simplest case, messages are written to a file, called a '''log file'''.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://blog.pandorafms.org/log-monitoring/ |title= Log Monitoring: not the ugly sister |access-date = February 14, 2018 |last= DeLaRosa |first= Alexander |date= February 8, 2018 |website= [[Pandora FMS]] |language = english |quote= A log file is a text file or XML file used to register the automatically produced and time-stamped documentation of events, behaviors and conditions relevant to a particular system. |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180214153657/https://blog.pandorafms.org/log-monitoring/

|archive-date= February 14, 2018}}</ref> Alternatively, the messages may be written to a dedicated logging system or to a [[log management]] software, where it is stored in a database or on a different computer system.

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Specifically, a '''transaction log''' is a log of the communications between a system and the users of that system,<ref>Peters, T. (1993). The history and development of transaction log analysis. Library Hi Tech., 42(11), 41−66</ref> or a data collection method that automatically captures the type, content, or time of transactions made by a person from a terminal with that system.<ref>Rice, R. E., & Borgman, C. L. (1983). The use of computer-monitored data in information science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 44, 247−256</ref> For Web searching, a transaction log is an electronic record of interactions that have occurred during a searching episode between a Web search engine and users searching for information on that Web search engine.