journal
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (5)
- a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observationsSynonyms: diary
- a periodical dedicated to a particular subject“he reads the medical journals”
- a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurredSynonyms: daybook
- a record book as a physical object
- the part of the axle contained by a bearing
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Whiles from their journal labors they did rest. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
1.A diary; an account of daily transactions and events. Specifically: (a) (Bookkeeping) A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions. (b) (Naut.) A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc. (c) (Legislature) The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk. (d) A newspaper published daily; by extension, a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.; a periodical; a magazine. [1913 Webster]
2.That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey. [Obs. & R.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
3.(Mach.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box. [1913 Webster]
Journal box, or Journal bearing (Mach.) the carrier of a journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<operating system> An on-going record of transactions, such as database updates, file system writes, procedure calls or message transmissions. A journal differs from a simple log in that the contents of the journal can be used to reconstruct the state of the system after a failure by re-applying the transactions in the journal to a snapshot of the system previous state.
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