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Journal


A journal (through French from Latin diurnalis, daily) has several related meanings:

The word "journalist", for one whose business is writing for the public press and nowadays also other media, has been in use since the end of the 17th century.

A public journal is a record of day-by-day events in a parliament or congress. It is also called minutes or records.

The term "journal" is also used in business:


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