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Data logging

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Data logging is the practice of recording sequential data, often chronologically.

Etymology

To log is a verb derivative of the noun logbook; the verb form means to record in a logbook, and may have been coined in the 1820s[citation needed]. The circa 1963 to describe the systematic recording of specific types of data processing events.

Automotive data logging

In automobiles, all diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) are logged in engine control units (ECUs) so that at the time of service of a vehicle, a service engineer will read all the DTCs using Tech-II or similar tools and will come to know problems occurred in the vehicle.

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