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Log definition - hacker
A record of actions and events occurring on a computer when a user is active. Many components of a computerÂ’s operating system and numerous applications generate logs. Web servers generate traffic and usage logs in a common logfile format (CLF) that can be used as input to a variety of statistical tools.

See Also: Computer.

Symantec Security Response. Glossary. [Online, July 15, 2004.] Symantec Security Response Website. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/refa.html.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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