| Subject | English | German |
| gen. | accounting log file | Abrechnungsprotokolldatei |
| comp., MS | Common Log File System | Gemeinsames Protokolldateisystem (A general-purpose logging service that can be used by software clients running in user-mode or kernel-mode) |
| gen. | error log file | Fehlerlogdatei |
| comp., MS | flat-file logging | Flatfileprotokollierung (The process of creating an event log that is written to a UTF-8 formatted text file) |
| commun. | IPR log file | IPR-Datei |
| gen. | log file | Protokolldatei |
| comp., MS | log file | Protokolldatei (A file that stores messages generated by an application, service, or operating system. These messages are used to track the operations performed. Log files are usually plain text (ASCII) files and often have a .log extension) |
| IT, tech. | log file | Journal |
| IT, tech. | log file | Listenprotokoll |
| IT, tech. | log file | Protokoll |
| IT, tech. | log file | Journalverwaltung |
| IT | log file | Sicherstellungsdatei |
| tech. | log file | Logbuch |
| busin., IT | log file | Logdatei |
| gen. | log file | Log-Datei |
| comp., MS | log file path | Protokolldateipfad (The location of the log file on a computer) |
| tech. | site log file | Logbuchdatei |
| comp., MS | transaction log file | Transaktionsprotokolldatei (A file that contains a record of the changes that were made to an Exchange database. All changes to the database are recorded in the transaction log files before they are written into the database files. If a database shuts down unexpectedly, unfinished transactions can be restored by replaying the transaction log files into the database) |
| comp., MS | virtual log file | virtuelle Protokolldatei (Non-physical files that are derived from one physical log file by the SQL Server Database Engine) |