Journal

A journal (through French from late Latin "diurnalis", daily) has several related meanings:
* a daily record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a diary.
* a newspaper or other periodical, in the literal sense of one published each day;
* many publications issued at stated intervals, such as magazines, or scholarly academic journals, or the record of the transactions of a society, are often called journals. Although journal is sometimes used as a synonym for "magazine," in academic use, a journal refers to a serious, scholarly publication, most often peer-reviewed. A non-scholarly magazine written for an educated audience about an industry or an area of professional activity is usually called a professional magazine.

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

Public journal

Business

The term "journal" is used in business: Journal is the book in which the transactions are entered the first time they are processed.

* a book in which an account of transactions is kept previous to a transfer to the ledger in the process of bookkeeping; or
* an equivalent to a ship's log, as a record of the daily run, such as observations, weather changes, or other events of daily importance.Journals are so important for business and school. Some also uses Journal

ee also

*Diary
*Gazette
*Journalism
*Ledger
*Log
*Minutes
*Open Access
*Registry
*Zine